Employer profile
Indeed
1,432 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
162
FY2025 median
$143k
Top role
Software Engineer
418 filings · all-time
Top state
TX
579 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Indeed 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 Indeed hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 14▼ 91% | $167k |
| FY2025 | 162▲ 59% | $143k |
| FY2024 | 102▼ 16% | $139k |
| FY2023 | 121▼ 52% | $132k |
| FY2022 | 252▲ 65% | $132k |
| FY2021 | 153▼ 8% | $121k |
| FY2020 | 166▼ 7% | $116k |
| FY2019 | 178▲ 23% | $105k |
| FY2018 | 145▲ 37% | $102k |
| FY2017 | 106▲ 221% | $90k |
| FY2016 | 33— | $79k |
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 ?
544%
Lvl I
866%
Lvl II
66546%
Lvl III
23917%
Lvl IV
38827%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 418 | $113k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 128 | $158k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 65 | $156k |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 54 | $85k |
| Software Developer Ii | 49 | $113k |
| Technical Business Analyst | 40 | $78k |
| Manager, Software Engineering | 38 | $184k |
| Data Scientist | 36 | $118k |
| Quality Assurance Automation Engineer | 32 | $111k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 23 | $155k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 579 | $95k |
| WA | 390 | $132k |
| CA | 270 | $148k |
| NY | 49 | $115k |
| IL | 19 | $109k |
| FL | 13 | $109k |
| NC | 11 | $110k |
| CT | 11 | $112k |
| VA | 10 | $122k |
| AZ | 10 | $90k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Indeed pay H-1B workers?
- Indeed's median certified H-1B base salary is $143k (FY2025), from 162 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Indeed sponsor?
- Indeed has 1,432 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Indeed sponsor for H-1B?
- Indeed's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, Business Intelligence Analyst.
- Where does Indeed hire H-1B workers?
- Indeed's top H-1B worksite states are TX, WA, CA, NY.
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