Kestra Financial — 48 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 5
- Filings · FY2025
- $164k
- Median base · FY2025
- Data Engineer
- Top role · 5 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 48 all-time
Kestra Financial filed 5 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $164k and the middle 50% of offers between $157k and $164k. That is 16% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 48 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Data Engineer in Texas.
How much does Kestra Financial 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. $164k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Kestra Financial's H-1B hiring changed by year?
10 certified filings in FY2017 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | −20% | $130k |
| FY2025 | 5 | −50% | $164k |
| FY2024 | 10 | +150% | $145k |
| FY2023 | 4 | +33% | $150k |
| FY2022 | 3 | +200% | $165k |
| FY2021 | 1 | −83% | $130k |
| FY2020 | 6 | +100% | $92k |
| FY2019 | 3 | +50% | $121k |
| FY2018 | 2 | −80% | $100k |
| FY2017 | 10 | — | $105k |
Which wage levels does Kestra Financial file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 73% of Kestra Financial'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 48 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II27.1%13
- Level III29.2%14
- Level IV43.8%21
What jobs does Kestra Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 5 | $149k |
| Project Manager | 3 | $95k |
| Senior Developer | 3 | $105k |
| DevOps Engineer | 3 | $150k |
| Applications Support Engineer | 2 | $97k |
| Sr. Salesforce Developer | 2 | $115k |
| VP, Business Development & Relationship Manager | 2 | $400k |
| Director, Software Development | 2 | $130k |
| Director, Technology | 2 | $145k |
| Lead Data Governance Engineer | 2 | $155k |
Where does Kestra Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 48 | $130k |
What has Kestra Financial filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Kestra Financial: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Kestra Financial's H-1B filings
- How much does Kestra Financial pay H-1B workers?
- Kestra Financial's median certified H-1B base salary is $164k (FY2025), from 5 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Kestra Financial sponsor?
- Kestra Financial has 48 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Kestra Financial sponsor for H-1B?
- Kestra Financial's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Data Engineer, Project Manager, Senior Developer, DevOps Engineer.
- Where does Kestra Financial hire H-1B workers?
- Kestra Financial's top H-1B worksite states are TX.
- 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 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →