Goken America — 385 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 52
- Filings · FY2025
- $86k
- Median base · FY2025
- Design Engineer III
- Top role · 76 all-time
- OH
- Top state · 376 all-time
Goken America filed 52 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 108% from the year before), with a median base salary of $86k and the middle 50% of offers between $70k and $101k. That is 17% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 385 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Design Engineer III in Ohio.
How much does Goken America 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. $86k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Goken America's H-1B hiring changed by year?
37 certified filings in FY2016 → 29 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 29 | −44% | $98k |
| FY2025 | 52 | +108% | $86k |
| FY2024 | 25 | 0% | $82k |
| FY2023 | 25 | +25% | $81k |
| FY2022 | 20 | +5% | $87k |
| FY2021 | 19 | −56% | $85k |
| FY2020 | 43 | +2% | $81k |
| FY2019 | 42 | −11% | $73k |
| FY2018 | 47 | +2% | $73k |
| FY2017 | 46 | +24% | $70k |
| FY2016 | 37 | — | $68k |
Which wage levels does Goken America file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 34% of Goken America'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 335 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I33.1%111
- Level II33.1%111
- Level III24.5%82
- Level IV9.3%31
What jobs does Goken America 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 Goken America's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Design Engineer III | 76 | $85k |
| Design Engineer II | 50 | $73k |
| Design Engineer | 34 | $62k |
| Staff Engineer | 32 | $59k |
| Design Release Engineer III | 18 | $103k |
| Design Engineer I | 15 | $69k |
| Sr. Design Engineer | 15 | $94k |
| CAE Engineer | 11 | $70k |
| Sr. Staff Engineer | 10 | $69k |
| Test Engineer | 9 | $62k |
Where does Goken America 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OH | 376 | $77k |
| CA | 3 | $83k |
| NC | 3 | $92k |
| FL | 2 | $103k |
| MA | 1 | $80k |
What has Goken America filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 385 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Goken America's H-1B filings
- How much does Goken America pay H-1B workers?
- Goken America's median certified H-1B base salary is $86k (FY2025), from 52 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Goken America sponsor?
- Goken America has 385 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Goken America sponsor for H-1B?
- Goken America's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Design Engineer III, Design Engineer II, Design Engineer, Staff Engineer.
- Where does Goken America hire H-1B workers?
- Goken America's top H-1B worksite states are OH, CA, NC, FL.
- 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 →