Employer profile
Bnsf Railway
42 certified H-1B filings across 10 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
7
FY2025 median
$162k
Top role
Senior Operations Research Specialist
7 filings · all-time
Top state
TX
36 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Bnsf Railway 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 Bnsf Railway hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 9▲ 29% | $178k |
| FY2025 | 7▲ 250% | $162k |
| FY2024 | 2▼ 50% | $90k |
| FY2022 | 4▲ 33% | $115k |
| FY2021 | 3▲ 200% | $95k |
| FY2020 | 1▼ 67% | $87k |
| FY2019 | 3▼ 50% | $87k |
| FY2018 | 6▲ 200% | $82k |
| FY2017 | 2▼ 60% | $69k |
| FY2016 | 5— | $75k |
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 ?
1024%
Lvl I
614%
Lvl II
921%
Lvl III
12%
Lvl IV
1638%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Operations Research Specialist | 7 | $71k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $131k |
| Sr. Java Applications Developer (Consulting Sys. Dev. Ii) | 2 | $107k |
| Sr. Data Analytics Spc. (Sr. Or & Adv. Analytics Spc. Ii) | 2 | $82k |
| Consulting Systems Developer (Java Applications) | 2 | $123k |
| Senior Staff Engineer | 2 | $244k |
| Senior Image Analytics Engineer | 2 | $86k |
| Gis Developer | 2 | $105k |
| Staff Engineer | 1 | $244k |
| Assistant Director Network Control Systems | 1 | $162k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 36 | $97k |
| CA | 2 | $102k |
| WA | 2 | $244k |
| IL | 1 | $244k |
| NJ | 1 | $261k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Bnsf Railway pay H-1B workers?
- Bnsf Railway's median certified H-1B base salary is $162k (FY2025), from 7 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Bnsf Railway sponsor?
- Bnsf Railway has 42 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Bnsf Railway sponsor for H-1B?
- Bnsf Railway's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Operations Research Specialist, Senior Software Engineer, Sr. Java Applications Developer (Consulting Sys. Dev. Ii), Sr. Data Analytics Spc. (Sr. Or & Adv. Analytics Spc. Ii).
- Where does Bnsf Railway hire H-1B workers?
- Bnsf Railway's top H-1B worksite states are TX, CA, WA, IL.
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