Formac — 519 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2022)
- 16
- Filings · FY2022
- $97k
- Median base · FY2022
- DevOps Engineer
- Top role · 265 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 227 all-time
Formac filed 16 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2022 (down 78% from the year before), with a median base salary of $97k and the middle 50% of offers between $94k and $109k. That is 2% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 519 certified filings since FY2016, most often for DevOps Engineer in California.
How much does Formac 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. $97k median in FY2022. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Formac's H-1B hiring changed by year?
38 certified filings in FY2016 → 16 in FY2022. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 16 | −78% | $97k |
| FY2021 | 73 | −19% | $97k |
| FY2020 | 90 | −34% | $100k |
| FY2019 | 136 | +48% | $100k |
| FY2018 | 92 | +24% | $93k |
| FY2017 | 74 | +95% | $85k |
| FY2016 | 38 | — | $100k |
Which wage levels does Formac file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 13% of Formac'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 475 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I17.9%85
- Level II69.5%330
- Level III12.2%58
- Level IV0.4%2
What jobs does Formac 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 Formac's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Engineer | 265 | $100k |
| Build and Release Engineer | 21 | $100k |
| Systems Software Engineer | 17 | $97k |
| Sr. DevOps Engineer | 17 | $110k |
| Computer Systems Analyst | 14 | $84k |
| Build & Release Engineer | 9 | $95k |
| Release Engineer | 8 | $100k |
| AWS DevOps Engineer | 8 | $91k |
| Cloud Engineer | 7 | $94k |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 7 | $91k |
Where does Formac 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 | 227 | $103k |
| TX | 44 | $97k |
| VA | 26 | $97k |
| IL | 23 | $94k |
| MO | 23 | $101k |
| GA | 18 | $88k |
| AZ | 13 | $90k |
| WA | 12 | $95k |
| MA | 12 | $97k |
| PA | 11 | $89k |
What has Formac filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 519 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Formac's H-1B filings
- How much does Formac pay H-1B workers?
- Formac's median certified H-1B base salary is $97k (FY2022), from 16 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Formac sponsor?
- Formac has 519 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2022).
- What jobs does Formac sponsor for H-1B?
- Formac's most-sponsored H-1B roles include DevOps Engineer, Build and Release Engineer, Systems Software Engineer, Sr. DevOps Engineer.
- Where does Formac hire H-1B workers?
- Formac's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, VA, IL.
- 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–FY2022). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →