Frito Lay — 68 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 6
- Filings · FY2025
- $126k
- Median base · FY2025
- R&d Senior Scientist
- Top role · 3 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 58 all-time
Frito Lay filed 6 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 33% from the year before), with a median base salary of $126k and the middle 50% of offers between $114k and $135k. Across all years it has 68 certified filings since FY2016, most often for R&d Senior Scientist in Texas.
How much does Frito Lay 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. $126k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Frito Lay's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 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% | $113k |
| FY2025 | 6 | −33% | $126k |
| FY2024 | 9 | +29% | $129k |
| FY2023 | 7 | −59% | $111k |
| FY2022 | 17 | +89% | $105k |
| FY2021 | 9 | +80% | $104k |
| FY2020 | 5 | −29% | $90k |
| FY2019 | 7 | +250% | $114k |
| FY2018 | 2 | 0% | $95k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $95k |
Which wage levels does Frito Lay file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 39% of Frito Lay'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 66 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I6.1%4
- Level II54.5%36
- Level III19.7%13
- Level IV19.7%13
What jobs does Frito Lay 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 |
|---|---|---|
| R&d Senior Scientist | 3 | $90k |
| Sc Finance Senior Manager | 2 | $91k |
| Quality and Food Safety Manager | 2 | $105k |
| Strategy Director | 2 | $123k |
| Human Resources Director | 2 | $113k |
| Associate Principal Engineer | 2 | $95k |
| R&d Package Principal Engineer | 2 | $88k |
| R&d Principal Engineer | 2 | $114k |
| HR Director | 2 | $113k |
| R&d Prod Dev Sr Scientist | 2 | $112k |
Where does Frito Lay 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 58 | $113k |
| CA | 6 | $75k |
| GA | 1 | $91k |
| IL | 1 | $100k |
| NY | 1 | $130k |
| WA | 1 | $79k |
What has Frito Lay filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 68 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Frito Lay's H-1B filings
- How much does Frito Lay pay H-1B workers?
- Frito Lay's median certified H-1B base salary is $126k (FY2025), from 6 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Frito Lay sponsor?
- Frito Lay has 68 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Frito Lay sponsor for H-1B?
- Frito Lay's most-sponsored H-1B roles include R&d Senior Scientist, Sc Finance Senior Manager, Quality and Food Safety Manager, Strategy Director.
- Where does Frito Lay hire H-1B workers?
- Frito Lay's top H-1B worksite states are TX, CA, GA, 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–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →