Carfax — 191 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 18
- Filings · FY2025
- $110k
- Median base · FY2025
- Product Developer
- Top role · 35 all-time
- VA
- Top state · 127 all-time
Carfax filed 18 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 22% from the year before), with a median base salary of $110k and the middle 50% of offers between $95k and $130k. That is 4% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 191 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Product Developer in Virginia.
How much does Carfax 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. $110k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Carfax's H-1B hiring changed by year?
9 certified filings in FY2016 → 5 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5 | −72% | $128k |
| FY2025 | 18 | −22% | $110k |
| FY2024 | 23 | +283% | $118k |
| FY2023 | 6 | −65% | $104k |
| FY2022 | 17 | 0% | $111k |
| FY2021 | 17 | −35% | $86k |
| FY2020 | 26 | −7% | $99k |
| FY2019 | 28 | +17% | $80k |
| FY2018 | 24 | +33% | $80k |
| FY2017 | 18 | +100% | $78k |
| FY2016 | 9 | — | $78k |
Which wage levels does Carfax file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 27% of Carfax'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 180 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I23.3%42
- Level II49.4%89
- Level III19.4%35
- Level IV7.8%14
What jobs does Carfax sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Carfax's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Product Developer | 35 | $75k |
| Software Engineer | 28 | $112k |
| System Developer | 11 | $77k |
| Data Integration Specialist | 11 | $120k |
| Salesforce Developer | 5 | $101k |
| Database Administrator | 5 | $99k |
| Data Analyst | 5 | $83k |
| Systems Developer | 4 | $87k |
| Paid Media Manager | 4 | $95k |
| Business Data Analyst | 4 | $75k |
Where does Carfax 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VA | 127 | $110k |
| MO | 50 | $77k |
| TX | 7 | $100k |
| CA | 2 | $98k |
| NY | 2 | $86k |
| GA | 1 | $180k |
| IL | 1 | $103k |
| FL | 1 | $90k |
What has Carfax filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 191 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Carfax's H-1B filings
- How much does Carfax pay H-1B workers?
- Carfax's median certified H-1B base salary is $110k (FY2025), from 18 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Carfax sponsor?
- Carfax has 191 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Carfax sponsor for H-1B?
- Carfax's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Product Developer, Software Engineer, System Developer, Data Integration Specialist.
- Where does Carfax hire H-1B workers?
- Carfax's top H-1B worksite states are VA, MO, TX, 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 →