Employer profile
Intel
25,527 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
2,793
FY2025 median
$129k
Top role
Component Design Engineer
5,585 filings · all-time
Top state
OR
9,510 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Intel 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 Intel hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 239▼ 91% | $136k |
| FY2025 | 2,793▼ 25% | $129k |
| FY2024 | 3,715▲ 4% | $121k |
| FY2023 | 3,576▼ 26% | $115k |
| FY2022 | 4,811▲ 43% | $110k |
| FY2021 | 3,356▲ 186% | $106k |
| FY2020 | 1,172▼ 29% | $104k |
| FY2019 | 1,641▲ 47% | $101k |
| FY2018 | 1,116▼ 27% | $99k |
| FY2017 | 1,523▼ 4% | $95k |
| FY2016 | 1,585— | $92k |
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 ?
6,36525%
Lvl I
580%
Lvl II
7,48229%
Lvl III
10,37941%
Lvl IV
1,2435%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Component Design Engineer | 5,585 | $110k |
| Software Engineer | 4,897 | $116k |
| Process Engineer | 4,010 | $99k |
| Product Engineer | 1,027 | $101k |
| Graphics Hardware Engineer | 951 | $110k |
| System Validation Engineer | 744 | $103k |
| Packaging Engineer | 719 | $106k |
| Analog Engineer | 714 | $105k |
| Engineering Manager | 706 | $162k |
| Graphics Software Engineer | 476 | $117k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| OR | 9,510 | $99k |
| CA | 9,467 | $122k |
| AZ | 2,951 | $99k |
| TX | 1,891 | $109k |
| NM | 488 | $108k |
| WA | 317 | $125k |
| MA | 268 | $111k |
| CO | 199 | $99k |
| PA | 93 | $105k |
| GA | 55 | $105k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Intel pay H-1B workers?
- Intel's median certified H-1B base salary is $129k (FY2025), from 2,793 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Intel sponsor?
- Intel has 25,527 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Intel sponsor for H-1B?
- Intel's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Component Design Engineer, Software Engineer, Process Engineer, Product Engineer.
- Where does Intel hire H-1B workers?
- Intel's top H-1B worksite states are OR, CA, AZ, TX.
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