Employer profile
Equinix
1,041 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
111
FY2025 median
$140k
Top role
Staff Engineer, Product Software
74 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
685 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Equinix pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Equinix hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 15▼ 86% | $153k |
| FY2025 | 111▼ 28% | $140k |
| FY2024 | 155▲ 46% | $134k |
| FY2023 | 106▼ 10% | $131k |
| FY2022 | 118▼ 34% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 179▲ 48% | $121k |
| FY2020 | 121▲ 57% | $144k |
| FY2019 | 77▼ 15% | $132k |
| FY2018 | 91▲ 107% | $138k |
| FY2017 | 44▲ 83% | $140k |
| FY2016 | 24— | $126k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
10210%
Lvl I
172%
Lvl II
38837%
Lvl III
35134%
Lvl IV
18318%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Engineer, Product Software | 74 | $147k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software | 49 | $167k |
| Senior Business Systems Analyst | 44 | $120k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 37 | $122k |
| Senior Associate Engineer, Product Software | 24 | $138k |
| Senior Manager, It | 14 | $143k |
| Business Systems Analyst | 14 | $101k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 11 | $101k |
| Principal Business Systems Analyst | 9 | $166k |
| Senior Product Manager | 9 | $140k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 685 | $147k |
| TX | 282 | $114k |
| FL | 15 | $89k |
| NY | 13 | $115k |
| VA | 12 | $130k |
| GA | 8 | $108k |
| WA | 8 | $126k |
| IL | 4 | $102k |
| CO | 3 | $140k |
| TN | 3 | $149k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Equinix pay H-1B workers?
- Equinix's median certified H-1B base salary is $140k (FY2025), from 111 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Equinix sponsor?
- Equinix has 1,041 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Equinix sponsor for H-1B?
- Equinix's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Staff Engineer, Product Software, Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software, Senior Business Systems Analyst, Senior Software Engineer.
- Where does Equinix hire H-1B workers?
- Equinix's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, FL, NY.
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