Cruise — 1,055 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2026)
- 88
- Filings · FY2025
- $207k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 83 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 931 all-time
Cruise filed 88 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 42% from the year before), with a median base salary of $207k and the middle 50% of offers between $183k and $236k. That is 32% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 1,055 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Senior Software Engineer in California.
How much does Cruise 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. $207k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Cruise's H-1B hiring changed by year?
125 certified filings in FY2020 → 22 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 22 | −75% | $235k |
| FY2025 | 88 | −42% | $207k |
| FY2024 | 151 | −36% | $198k |
| FY2023 | 237 | −4% | $196k |
| FY2022 | 247 | +34% | $185k |
| FY2021 | 185 | +48% | $188k |
| FY2020 | 125 | — | $160k |
Which wage levels does Cruise file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 83% of Cruise'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 1,003 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.2%12
- Level II16.0%160
- Level III33.7%338
- Level IV49.2%493
What jobs does Cruise 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 Cruise's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 83 | $178k |
| Senior Software Engineer II | 38 | $205k |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 33 | $205k |
| Software Engineer | 33 | $148k |
| Senior ML/Robotics Engineer | 22 | $190k |
| Senior Software Engineer II, Product Engineering | 14 | $200k |
| Senior Applied Scientist II | 13 | $226k |
| Senior Applied Research Scientist | 13 | $225k |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer II | 12 | $223k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 11 | $171k |
Where does Cruise 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 | 931 | $190k |
| WA | 80 | $200k |
| AZ | 12 | $130k |
| NC | 6 | $144k |
| PA | 5 | $265k |
| MI | 5 | $171k |
| TX | 5 | $171k |
| MA | 3 | $185k |
| NJ | 2 | $158k |
| NY | 1 | $288k |
What has Cruise filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 1,055 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Cruise's H-1B filings
- How much does Cruise pay H-1B workers?
- Cruise's median certified H-1B base salary is $207k (FY2025), from 88 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Cruise sponsor?
- Cruise has 1,055 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2026).
- What jobs does Cruise sponsor for H-1B?
- Cruise's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer II, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Software Engineer.
- Where does Cruise hire H-1B workers?
- Cruise's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, AZ, NC.
- 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 (FY2020–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →