Calstart — 19 certified H-1B filings (FY2022–FY2026)
- 8
- Filings · FY2025
- $77k
- Median base · FY2025
- Data Engineer, Data & Analytics
- Top role · 2 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 15 all-time
Calstart filed 8 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 167% from the year before), with a median base salary of $77k and the middle 50% of offers between $65k and $82k. That is 25% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 19 certified filings since FY2022, most often for Data Engineer, Data & Analytics in California.
How much does Calstart 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. $77k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Calstart's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2022 → 2 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | −75% | $85k |
| FY2025 | 8 | +167% | $77k |
| FY2024 | 3 | −25% | $67k |
| FY2023 | 4 | +100% | $101k |
| FY2022 | 2 | — | $55k |
Which wage levels does Calstart file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 0% of Calstart'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 19 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I68.4%13
- Level II31.6%6
What jobs does Calstart 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer, Data & Analytics | 2 | $77k |
| Global Program Manager, Drive to Zero | 2 | $102k |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $101k |
| Associate Project Manager | 2 | $55k |
| Data Scientist, Data & Analytics | 1 | $87k |
| Marketing Coordinator | 1 | $50k |
| People Data & Compensation Analyst | 1 | $85k |
| Project Manager, Electric School Bus Technical Ass | 1 | $70k |
| Technical Associate Project Manager | 1 | $67k |
| Technical Project Manager 1 | 1 | $65k |
Where does Calstart 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 15 | $84k |
| NJ | 2 | $77k |
| IL | 1 | $58k |
| WA | 1 | $85k |
What has Calstart filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Calstart: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Data Engineer | $85,000 |
| 2026 | Data Scientist | $120,000 |
| 2025 | Data Engineer, Data & Analytics | $77,000 |
| 2025 | People Data & Compensation Analyst | $85,000 |
| 2025 | Project Manager, Electric School Bus Technical Ass | $70,000 |
| 2025 | Data Engineer, Data & Analytics | $77,000 |
| 2025 | Technical Project Manager 1 | $65,000 |
| 2025 | Marketing Coordinator | $50,000 |
| 2025 | Data Scientist, Data & Analytics | $87,122 |
| 2025 | Technical Project Manager 2 | $81,633 |
| 2024 | Bus Team Research Associate | $57,999 |
| 2024 | Accountant II | $84,075 |
| 2024 | Technical Associate Project Manager | $67,442 |
| 2023 | Data Scientist II | $101,158 |
| 2023 | Data Scientist | $101,158 |
| 2023 | Global Program Manager, Drive to Zero | $101,608 |
| 2023 | Global Program Manager, Drive to Zero | $101,608 |
| 2022 | Associate Project Manager | $60,112 |
| 2022 | Associate Project Manager | $55,000 |
Common questions about Calstart's H-1B filings
- How much does Calstart pay H-1B workers?
- Calstart's median certified H-1B base salary is $77k (FY2025), from 8 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Calstart sponsor?
- Calstart has 19 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2022–FY2026).
- What jobs does Calstart sponsor for H-1B?
- Calstart's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Data Engineer, Data & Analytics, Global Program Manager, Drive to Zero, Data Scientist, Associate Project Manager.
- Where does Calstart hire H-1B workers?
- Calstart's top H-1B worksite states are CA, NJ, IL, WA.
- 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 (FY2022–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →