Employer profile
American Express
1,061 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
130
FY2025 median
$145k
Top role
Manager, Risk Management
235 filings · all-time
Top state
NY
826 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How American Express 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 American Express hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4▼ 97% | $156k |
| FY2025 | 130▲ 43% | $145k |
| FY2024 | 91▼ 3% | $133k |
| FY2023 | 94▼ 27% | $129k |
| FY2022 | 129▲ 22% | $135k |
| FY2021 | 106▼ 4% | $116k |
| FY2020 | 110▲ 3% | $116k |
| FY2019 | 107▼ 6% | $114k |
| FY2018 | 114▲ 111% | $110k |
| FY2017 | 54▼ 56% | $109k |
| FY2016 | 122— | $105k |
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 ?
15915%
Lvl I
828%
Lvl II
29228%
Lvl III
29428%
Lvl IV
23422%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Manager, Risk Management | 235 | $108k |
| Senior Manager, Risk Management | 154 | $123k |
| Director, Risk Management | 60 | $149k |
| Senior Manager, Data Science | 30 | $147k |
| Manager, Data Science | 29 | $130k |
| Data Scientist | 23 | $115k |
| Senior Analyst, Risk Management | 19 | $93k |
| Manager, Product Development | 17 | $116k |
| Senior Manager, Product Development | 17 | $130k |
| Senior Manager, Digital Product Management | 15 | $150k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 826 | $122k |
| AZ | 192 | $113k |
| UT | 21 | $65k |
| CA | 6 | $125k |
| FL | 5 | $118k |
| WA | 4 | $130k |
| TX | 3 | $146k |
| IN | 2 | $119k |
| NV | 1 | $120k |
| GA | 1 | $126k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does American Express pay H-1B workers?
- American Express's median certified H-1B base salary is $145k (FY2025), from 130 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does American Express sponsor?
- American Express has 1,061 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does American Express sponsor for H-1B?
- American Express's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Manager, Risk Management, Senior Manager, Risk Management, Director, Risk Management, Senior Manager, Data Science.
- Where does American Express hire H-1B workers?
- American Express's top H-1B worksite states are NY, AZ, UT, CA.
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