Cloudflare — 743 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 93
- Filings · FY2025
- $155k
- Median base · FY2025
- Systems Engineer
- Top role · 156 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 365 all-time
Cloudflare filed 93 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 14% from the year before), with a median base salary of $155k and the middle 50% of offers between $135k and $172k. That is 53% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 743 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Systems Engineer in California.
How much does Cloudflare 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. $155k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Cloudflare's H-1B hiring changed by year?
32 certified filings in FY2016 → 116 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 116 | +25% | $160k |
| FY2025 | 93 | −14% | $155k |
| FY2024 | 108 | +77% | $155k |
| FY2023 | 61 | −36% | $165k |
| FY2022 | 95 | +14% | $150k |
| FY2021 | 83 | +124% | $135k |
| FY2020 | 37 | −24% | $125k |
| FY2019 | 49 | +20% | $145k |
| FY2018 | 41 | +46% | $135k |
| FY2017 | 28 | −12% | $130k |
| FY2016 | 32 | — | $131k |
Which wage levels does Cloudflare file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 66% of Cloudflare'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 706 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I10.1%71
- Level II23.9%169
- Level III27.9%197
- Level IV38.1%269
What jobs does Cloudflare 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 Cloudflare's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 156 | $145k |
| Solutions Engineer | 21 | $120k |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 19 | $200k |
| Software Engineer | 18 | $135k |
| Network Engineer | 16 | $145k |
| Data Engineer | 14 | $140k |
| Systems Reliability Engineer | 13 | $155k |
| Technical Support Engineer | 11 | $83k |
| Engineering Manager | 9 | $220k |
| Senior Data Analyst | 9 | $125k |
Where does Cloudflare 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 | 365 | $155k |
| TX | 240 | $140k |
| NY | 35 | $165k |
| WA | 20 | $171k |
| IL | 15 | $130k |
| MA | 12 | $140k |
| VA | 10 | $150k |
| NJ | 7 | $185k |
| GA | 5 | $137k |
| FL | 5 | $105k |
What has Cloudflare filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 743 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Cloudflare's H-1B filings
- How much does Cloudflare pay H-1B workers?
- Cloudflare's median certified H-1B base salary is $155k (FY2025), from 93 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Cloudflare sponsor?
- Cloudflare has 743 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Cloudflare sponsor for H-1B?
- Cloudflare's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Systems Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Senior Systems Engineer, Software Engineer.
- Where does Cloudflare hire H-1B workers?
- Cloudflare's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, NY, 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 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →