Employer profile
75,788 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
8,657
FY2025 median
$184k
Top role
Software Engineer
23,399 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
56,000 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Google pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Google hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 770▼ 91% | $194k |
| FY2025 | 8,6570% | $184k |
| FY2024 | 8,648▼ 8% | $179k |
| FY2023 | 9,404▼ 17% | $168k |
| FY2022 | 11,284▲ 29% | $161k |
| FY2021 | 8,721▼ 9% | $155k |
| FY2020 | 9,534▲ 6% | $145k |
| FY2019 | 9,025▲ 106% | $138k |
| FY2018 | 4,376▲ 49% | $136k |
| FY2017 | 2,936▲ 21% | $130k |
| FY2016 | 2,433— | $128k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
14,00118%
Lvl I
6711%
Lvl II
36,85049%
Lvl III
20,57927%
Lvl IV
3,6875%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 23,399 | $168k |
| Program Manager | 782 | $167k |
| Product Manager | 730 | $188k |
| Technical Program Manager | 725 | $172k |
| Research Scientist | 500 | $185k |
| Data Scientist | 415 | $171k |
| Solutions Consultant | 411 | $146k |
| Technical Solutions Consultant | 276 | $162k |
| Hardware Engineer | 260 | $166k |
| Customer Engineer | 250 | $161k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 56,000 | $157k |
| WA | 7,332 | $151k |
| NY | 6,973 | $160k |
| TX | 1,577 | $141k |
| MA | 976 | $150k |
| IL | 576 | $135k |
| PA | 474 | $134k |
| GA | 456 | $135k |
| CO | 397 | $133k |
| NC | 285 | $128k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Google pay H-1B workers?
- Google's median certified H-1B base salary is $184k (FY2025), from 8,657 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Google sponsor?
- Google has 75,788 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Google sponsor for H-1B?
- Google's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Program Manager, Product Manager, Technical Program Manager.
- Where does Google hire H-1B workers?
- Google's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, NY, TX.
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