Employer profile
Akamai Technologies
2,355 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
219
FY2025 median
$153k
Top role
Senior Software Engineer
167 filings · all-time
Top state
MA
1,181 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Akamai Technologies pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Akamai Technologies hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 24▼ 89% | $171k |
| FY2025 | 219▲ 8% | $153k |
| FY2024 | 203▼ 10% | $146k |
| FY2023 | 225▼ 3% | $145k |
| FY2022 | 233▼ 5% | $139k |
| FY2021 | 245▼ 11% | $128k |
| FY2020 | 276▲ 15% | $128k |
| FY2019 | 239▼ 16% | $122k |
| FY2018 | 286▲ 18% | $114k |
| FY2017 | 243▲ 50% | $111k |
| FY2016 | 162— | $99k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
48921%
Lvl I
733%
Lvl II
73631%
Lvl III
35415%
Lvl IV
70330%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 167 | $131k |
| Software Engineer Ii | 165 | $115k |
| Senior Software Development Engineer In Test | 74 | $120k |
| Software Development Engineer In Test Ii | 62 | $110k |
| Senior Software Engineer Ii | 55 | $150k |
| Software Engineer | 51 | $100k |
| Technical Project Manager Ii | 42 | $119k |
| Technical Support Engineer | 42 | $81k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 40 | $165k |
| Software Development Engineer In Test | 34 | $102k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| MA | 1,181 | $121k |
| CA | 620 | $140k |
| TX | 93 | $146k |
| FL | 88 | $113k |
| WA | 69 | $134k |
| NY | 64 | $132k |
| GA | 62 | $121k |
| CO | 36 | $120k |
| NC | 24 | $157k |
| IL | 23 | $135k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Akamai Technologies pay H-1B workers?
- Akamai Technologies's median certified H-1B base salary is $153k (FY2025), from 219 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Akamai Technologies sponsor?
- Akamai Technologies has 2,355 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Akamai Technologies sponsor for H-1B?
- Akamai Technologies's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer Ii, Senior Software Development Engineer In Test, Software Development Engineer In Test Ii.
- Where does Akamai Technologies hire H-1B workers?
- Akamai Technologies's top H-1B worksite states are MA, CA, TX, FL.
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