First Orion — 45 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $92k
- Median base · FY2025
- Data Scientist
- Top role · 4 all-time
- AR
- Top state · 33 all-time
First Orion filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 25% from the year before), with a median base salary of $92k and the middle 50% of offers between $92k and $110k. That is 15% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 45 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Data Scientist in Arkansas.
How much does First Orion 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. $92k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has First Orion's H-1B hiring changed by year?
3 certified filings in FY2016 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | +33% | $84k |
| FY2025 | 3 | −25% | $92k |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0% | $100k |
| FY2023 | 4 | −43% | $104k |
| FY2022 | 7 | −12% | $89k |
| FY2021 | 8 | +60% | $90k |
| FY2020 | 5 | −17% | $71k |
| FY2019 | 6 | +500% | $74k |
| FY2018 | 1 | −67% | $120k |
| FY2016 | 3 | — | $56k |
Which wage levels does First Orion file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 45% of First Orion'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 42 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I16.7%7
- Level II38.1%16
- Level III14.3%6
- Level IV31.0%13
What jobs does First Orion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 4 | $89k |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers | 3 | $79k |
| Software Engineer/Software Developer - Automation Engineer | 3 | $71k |
| Business Analyst | 3 | $56k |
| Software Engineer/Software Developer, Systems Software | 2 | $70k |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 2 | $90k |
| Automation Engineer | 2 | $70k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 | $140k |
| Software Developer, Applications | 2 | $66k |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $73k |
Where does First Orion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AR | 33 | $89k |
| WA | 9 | $102k |
| TX | 2 | $117k |
| GA | 1 | $89k |
What has First Orion filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for First Orion: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about First Orion's H-1B filings
- How much does First Orion pay H-1B workers?
- First Orion's median certified H-1B base salary is $92k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does First Orion sponsor?
- First Orion has 45 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does First Orion sponsor for H-1B?
- First Orion's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Data Scientist, Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers, Software Engineer/Software Developer - Automation Engineer, Business Analyst.
- Where does First Orion hire H-1B workers?
- First Orion's top H-1B worksite states are AR, WA, TX, GA.
- 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 →