Baker Hughes — 160 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 12
- Filings · FY2025
- $144k
- Median base · FY2025
- Rdd Engineer III
- Top role · 4 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 124 all-time
Baker Hughes filed 12 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 29% from the year before), with a median base salary of $144k and the middle 50% of offers between $113k and $150k. That is 3% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 160 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Rdd Engineer III in Texas.
How much does Baker Hughes pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $144k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Baker Hughes's H-1B hiring changed by year?
30 certified filings in FY2016 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | −75% | $137k |
| FY2025 | 12 | −29% | $144k |
| FY2024 | 17 | +31% | $141k |
| FY2023 | 13 | −35% | $130k |
| FY2022 | 20 | +54% | $117k |
| FY2021 | 13 | −32% | $123k |
| FY2020 | 19 | −42% | $120k |
| FY2017 | 33 | +10% | $102k |
| FY2016 | 30 | — | $95k |
Which wage levels does Baker Hughes file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 48% of Baker Hughes's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 126 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I12.7%16
- Level II39.7%50
- Level III23.0%29
- Level IV24.6%31
What jobs does Baker Hughes sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Rdd Engineer III | 4 | $90k |
| Director - Architecture | 4 | $160k |
| Lead Materials Planner | 3 | $103k |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 3 | $171k |
| Lead Finance Specialist - Data and Analytics | 3 | $141k |
| Chemical Automation Operations Manager | 3 | $161k |
| Service Delivery Manager | 2 | $105k |
| Principal Enterprise Architect | 2 | $171k |
| Director Cementing Technology | 2 | $165k |
| Rdd Engineer IV | 2 | $90k |
Where does Baker Hughes hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 124 | $116k |
| OK | 16 | $104k |
| MA | 5 | $104k |
| CA | 4 | $133k |
| NY | 3 | $130k |
| CO | 3 | $120k |
| PA | 2 | $105k |
| LA | 2 | $53k |
| WA | 1 | $90k |
What has Baker Hughes filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 160 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Baker Hughes's H-1B filings
- How much does Baker Hughes pay H-1B workers?
- Baker Hughes's median certified H-1B base salary is $144k (FY2025), from 12 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Baker Hughes sponsor?
- Baker Hughes has 160 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Baker Hughes sponsor for H-1B?
- Baker Hughes's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Rdd Engineer III, Director - Architecture, Lead Materials Planner, Senior Staff Software Engineer.
- Where does Baker Hughes hire H-1B workers?
- Baker Hughes's top H-1B worksite states are TX, OK, MA, CA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →