Guitar Center — 81 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 17
- Filings · FY2025
- $143k
- Median base · FY2025
- Dynamics Ax Developer
- Top role · 9 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 64 all-time
Guitar Center filed 17 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 143% from the year before), with a median base salary of $143k and the middle 50% of offers between $116k and $174k. That is 42% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 81 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Dynamics Ax Developer in California.
How much does Guitar Center 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. $143k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Guitar Center's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2016 → 6 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 6 | −65% | $153k |
| FY2025 | 17 | +143% | $143k |
| FY2024 | 7 | −46% | $160k |
| FY2023 | 13 | +160% | $160k |
| FY2022 | 5 | 0% | $156k |
| FY2021 | 5 | 0% | $146k |
| FY2020 | 5 | +25% | $136k |
| FY2019 | 4 | −60% | $130k |
| FY2018 | 10 | +43% | $126k |
| FY2017 | 7 | +250% | $120k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $140k |
Which wage levels does Guitar Center file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 84% of Guitar Center'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 76 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I6.6%5
- Level II9.2%7
- Level III18.4%14
- Level IV65.8%50
What jobs does Guitar Center 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamics Ax Developer | 9 | $150k |
| Atg Application Architect | 4 | $126k |
| Sr. Data Analyst | 4 | $120k |
| Architect, Atg Application | 3 | $136k |
| Network Engineer | 3 | $143k |
| Order Management System Senior Developer | 3 | $131k |
| Manager, ERP | 2 | $165k |
| Ecommerce Development Manager | 2 | $173k |
| Manager, Release IT | 2 | $140k |
| Oms Senior Developer | 2 | $143k |
Where does Guitar Center 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 | 64 | $143k |
| MD | 17 | $157k |
What has Guitar Center filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 81 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Guitar Center's H-1B filings
- How much does Guitar Center pay H-1B workers?
- Guitar Center's median certified H-1B base salary is $143k (FY2025), from 17 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Guitar Center sponsor?
- Guitar Center has 81 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Guitar Center sponsor for H-1B?
- Guitar Center's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Dynamics Ax Developer, Atg Application Architect, Sr. Data Analyst, Architect, Atg Application.
- Where does Guitar Center hire H-1B workers?
- Guitar Center's top H-1B worksite states are CA, MD.
- 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 →