Columbia Sportswear — 75 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 6
- Filings · FY2025
- $150k
- Median base · FY2025
- SAP Security Analyst III
- Top role · 4 all-time
- OR
- Top state · 74 all-time
Columbia Sportswear filed 6 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $150k and the middle 50% of offers between $132k and $168k. That is 17% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 75 certified filings since FY2016, most often for SAP Security Analyst III in Oregon.
How much does Columbia Sportswear 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. $150k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Columbia Sportswear's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | −50% | $148k |
| FY2025 | 6 | −50% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 12 | +33% | $138k |
| FY2023 | 9 | 0% | $140k |
| FY2022 | 9 | +29% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 7 | +17% | $120k |
| FY2020 | 6 | −25% | $127k |
| FY2019 | 8 | +33% | $121k |
| FY2018 | 6 | −25% | $106k |
| FY2017 | 8 | +700% | $106k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $84k |
Which wage levels does Columbia Sportswear file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 82% of Columbia Sportswear'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 71 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I4.2%3
- Level II14.1%10
- Level III29.6%21
- Level IV52.1%37
What jobs does Columbia Sportswear 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SAP Security Analyst III | 4 | $115k |
| Apparel Quality Engineer | 4 | $105k |
| Data Modeler | 2 | $106k |
| Digital Product Owner – Store Operations and Payments | 2 | $135k |
| ETL Developer III | 2 | $106k |
| Ibpm Pega Delivery Lead | 2 | $160k |
| Information Systems Security Analyst IV | 2 | $140k |
| SAP Finance Business Analyst IV | 2 | $120k |
| Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer | 2 | $115k |
| Principal Data Engineer | 2 | $156k |
Where does Columbia Sportswear 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OR | 74 | $125k |
| WA | 1 | $124k |
What has Columbia Sportswear filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 75 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Columbia Sportswear's H-1B filings
- How much does Columbia Sportswear pay H-1B workers?
- Columbia Sportswear's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 6 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Columbia Sportswear sponsor?
- Columbia Sportswear has 75 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Columbia Sportswear sponsor for H-1B?
- Columbia Sportswear's most-sponsored H-1B roles include SAP Security Analyst III, Apparel Quality Engineer, Data Modeler, Digital Product Owner – Store Operations and Payments.
- Where does Columbia Sportswear hire H-1B workers?
- Columbia Sportswear's top H-1B worksite states are OR, 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 →