Employer profile
Lyft
2,045 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
136
FY2025 median
$145k
Top role
Software Engineer
1,013 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
1,549 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Lyft 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 Lyft hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 12▼ 91% | $128k |
| FY2025 | 136▲ 36% | $145k |
| FY2024 | 100▼ 24% | $144k |
| FY2023 | 132▼ 54% | $166k |
| FY2022 | 287▲ 8% | $181k |
| FY2021 | 265▼ 4% | $175k |
| FY2020 | 276▼ 24% | $178k |
| FY2019 | 362▲ 23% | $170k |
| FY2018 | 294▲ 153% | $170k |
| FY2017 | 116▲ 78% | $155k |
| FY2016 | 65— | $140k |
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 ?
1337%
Lvl I
1035%
Lvl II
41020%
Lvl III
1,14856%
Lvl IV
25112%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,013 | $175k |
| Data Scientist | 195 | $155k |
| Engineering Manager | 83 | $225k |
| Product Manager | 65 | $185k |
| Data Analyst | 36 | $120k |
| Technical Program Manager | 30 | $173k |
| Quality Engineer | 26 | $156k |
| Product Designer | 25 | $165k |
| Research Scientist | 23 | $175k |
| Analyst | 18 | $130k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 1,549 | $170k |
| WA | 281 | $175k |
| NY | 169 | $161k |
| TN | 7 | $92k |
| TX | 5 | $168k |
| NJ | 5 | $165k |
| VA | 4 | $138k |
| FL | 3 | $205k |
| MA | 3 | $204k |
| IL | 3 | $150k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Lyft pay H-1B workers?
- Lyft's median certified H-1B base salary is $145k (FY2025), from 136 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Lyft sponsor?
- Lyft has 2,045 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Lyft sponsor for H-1B?
- Lyft's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Engineering Manager, Product Manager.
- Where does Lyft hire H-1B workers?
- Lyft's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, NY, TN.
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