Carvana — 353 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 44
- Filings · FY2025
- $120k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Engineer I
- Top role · 42 all-time
- AZ
- Top state · 239 all-time
Carvana filed 44 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 12% from the year before), with a median base salary of $120k and the middle 50% of offers between $82k and $144k. That is 27% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 353 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Engineer I in Arizona.
How much does Carvana 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. $120k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Carvana's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 19 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 19 | −57% | $156k |
| FY2025 | 44 | −12% | $120k |
| FY2024 | 50 | +117% | $139k |
| FY2023 | 23 | −78% | $116k |
| FY2022 | 105 | +94% | $125k |
| FY2021 | 54 | +54% | $125k |
| FY2020 | 35 | +119% | $100k |
| FY2019 | 16 | +433% | $127k |
| FY2018 | 3 | 0% | $93k |
| FY2017 | 3 | +200% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $130k |
Which wage levels does Carvana file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 48% of Carvana'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 344 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I19.8%68
- Level II32.0%110
- Level III16.3%56
- Level IV32.0%110
What jobs does Carvana 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 Carvana's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Engineer I | 42 | $144k |
| Engineer II | 41 | $123k |
| Senior Engineer II | 12 | $150k |
| Engineer II, Quality Assurance | 9 | $120k |
| Engineer I | 8 | $90k |
| Senior Engineer I, Quality Assurance | 5 | $140k |
| Manager, Engineering | 5 | $180k |
| Manager, Business Applications | 4 | $130k |
| Lead Data Engineer, Product Analytics | 4 | $150k |
| Senior Data Engineer, Product Analytics | 4 | $112k |
Where does Carvana 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AZ | 239 | $120k |
| CA | 43 | $145k |
| GA | 27 | $123k |
| TX | 15 | $155k |
| PA | 4 | $90k |
| WA | 3 | $145k |
| NC | 3 | $154k |
| WI | 2 | $150k |
| IL | 2 | $105k |
| IN | 2 | $98k |
What has Carvana filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 353 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Carvana's H-1B filings
- How much does Carvana pay H-1B workers?
- Carvana's median certified H-1B base salary is $120k (FY2025), from 44 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Carvana sponsor?
- Carvana has 353 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Carvana sponsor for H-1B?
- Carvana's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Engineer I, Engineer II, Senior Engineer II, Engineer II, Quality Assurance.
- Where does Carvana hire H-1B workers?
- Carvana's top H-1B worksite states are AZ, CA, GA, TX.
- 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 →