Glassdoor — 325 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 26
- Filings · FY2025
- $116k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 11 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 244 all-time
Glassdoor filed 26 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 7% from the year before), with a median base salary of $116k and the middle 50% of offers between $99k and $137k. That is 14% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 325 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Software Engineer in California.
How much does Glassdoor 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. $116k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Glassdoor's H-1B hiring changed by year?
11 certified filings in FY2016 → 26 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 26 | −7% | $116k |
| FY2024 | 28 | −15% | $141k |
| FY2023 | 33 | −38% | $133k |
| FY2022 | 53 | +51% | $131k |
| FY2021 | 35 | −24% | $128k |
| FY2020 | 46 | +10% | $150k |
| FY2019 | 42 | +27% | $160k |
| FY2018 | 33 | +83% | $150k |
| FY2017 | 18 | +64% | $140k |
| FY2016 | 11 | — | $134k |
Which wage levels does Glassdoor file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 43% of Glassdoor'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 307 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I2.3%7
- Level II54.4%167
- Level III18.2%56
- Level IV25.1%77
What jobs does Glassdoor 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 11 | $148k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 8 | $148k |
| Senior JAVA Software Engineer | 7 | $136k |
| Senior Data Scientist, Decision Science | 6 | $150k |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $130k |
| Senior Software Engineer in Test | 5 | $139k |
| Lead Software Engineer | 4 | $137k |
| Senior Software Engineer - Test | 4 | $123k |
| Senior Software Engineer in Test (20639.32) | 3 | $113k |
| Senior Salesforce Developer | 3 | $169k |
Where does Glassdoor 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 | 244 | $145k |
| TX | 23 | $122k |
| IL | 22 | $118k |
| WA | 14 | $119k |
| NY | 8 | $110k |
| VA | 4 | $125k |
| NJ | 4 | $144k |
| GA | 3 | $104k |
| DC | 1 | $145k |
| FL | 1 | $192k |
What has Glassdoor filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 325 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Glassdoor's H-1B filings
- How much does Glassdoor pay H-1B workers?
- Glassdoor's median certified H-1B base salary is $116k (FY2025), from 26 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Glassdoor sponsor?
- Glassdoor has 325 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Glassdoor sponsor for H-1B?
- Glassdoor's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Senior JAVA Software Engineer, Senior Data Scientist, Decision Science.
- Where does Glassdoor hire H-1B workers?
- Glassdoor's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, IL, WA.
- 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–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →