Happy Returns — 33 certified H-1B filings (FY2019–FY2026)
- 9
- Filings · FY2025
- $181k
- Median base · FY2025
- MTS 2, Software Engineer
- Top role · 12 all-time
- WA
- Top state · 8 all-time
Happy Returns filed 9 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 44% from the year before), with a median base salary of $181k and the middle 50% of offers between $150k and $202k. That is 5% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 33 certified filings since FY2019, most often for MTS 2, Software Engineer in Washington.
How much does Happy Returns 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. $181k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Happy Returns's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2019 → 5 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5 | −44% | $203k |
| FY2025 | 9 | −44% | $181k |
| FY2024 | 16 | +700% | $160k |
| FY2020 | 2 | +100% | $118k |
| FY2019 | 1 | — | $99k |
Which wage levels does Happy Returns file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 76% of Happy Returns'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 33 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I15.2%5
- Level II9.1%3
- Level III18.2%6
- Level IV57.6%19
What jobs does Happy Returns 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MTS 2, Software Engineer | 12 | $198k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 4 | $202k |
| MTS 1, Software Engineer | 4 | $137k |
| Software Engineer | 3 | $135k |
| Senior Manager of Growth Marketing | 2 | $118k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Product | 2 | $150k |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $125k |
| Engineer for Test | 1 | $99k |
| Data Scientist 1 | 1 | $105k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 1 | $181k |
Where does Happy Returns 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 8 | $137k |
| TX | 6 | $198k |
| CA | 6 | $118k |
| GA | 5 | $183k |
| NJ | 3 | $203k |
| UT | 3 | $150k |
| MS | 1 | $100k |
| NE | 1 | $105k |
What has Happy Returns filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Happy Returns: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Happy Returns's H-1B filings
- How much does Happy Returns pay H-1B workers?
- Happy Returns's median certified H-1B base salary is $181k (FY2025), from 9 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Happy Returns sponsor?
- Happy Returns has 33 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2026).
- What jobs does Happy Returns sponsor for H-1B?
- Happy Returns's most-sponsored H-1B roles include MTS 2, Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, MTS 1, Software Engineer, Software Engineer.
- Where does Happy Returns hire H-1B workers?
- Happy Returns's top H-1B worksite states are WA, TX, CA, GA.
- 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 (FY2019–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →