Employer profile
Blackberry
130 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
5
FY2025 median
$167k
Top role
Senior Systems Software Engineer
12 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
80 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Blackberry 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 Blackberry hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1▼ 80% | $185k |
| FY2025 | 5▼ 50% | $167k |
| FY2024 | 100% | $167k |
| FY2023 | 10▲ 100% | $139k |
| FY2022 | 5▼ 62% | $145k |
| FY2021 | 13▼ 7% | $111k |
| FY2020 | 14▼ 7% | $128k |
| FY2019 | 15▼ 29% | $111k |
| FY2018 | 21▲ 31% | $113k |
| FY2017 | 16▼ 20% | $103k |
| FY2016 | 20— | $117k |
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 ?
2217%
Lvl I
11%
Lvl II
5945%
Lvl III
1915%
Lvl IV
2922%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Systems Software Engineer | 12 | $112k |
| Senior Systems Software Developer | 11 | $120k |
| Principal Systems Architect | 7 | $128k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 6 | $129k |
| Senior Software Test Engineer | 5 | $96k |
| Software Developer | 3 | $96k |
| Systems Software Engineer | 3 | $96k |
| Software Test Specialist | 3 | $80k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 | $119k |
| Sr. Product Market Manager | 2 | $170k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 80 | $117k |
| TX | 24 | $116k |
| WA | 10 | $123k |
| OR | 6 | $155k |
| MA | 2 | $170k |
| WI | 2 | $86k |
| FL | 2 | $97k |
| NC | 2 | $109k |
| MI | 1 | $87k |
| MD | 1 | $92k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Blackberry pay H-1B workers?
- Blackberry's median certified H-1B base salary is $167k (FY2025), from 5 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Blackberry sponsor?
- Blackberry has 130 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Blackberry sponsor for H-1B?
- Blackberry's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Systems Software Engineer, Senior Systems Software Developer, Principal Systems Architect, Principal Software Engineer.
- Where does Blackberry hire H-1B workers?
- Blackberry's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, WA, OR.
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