Major League Soccer — 6 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 2
- Filings · FY2025
- $159k
- Median base · FY2025
- Director, Player Relations & Sporting Strategy
- Top role · 2 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 6 all-time
Major League Soccer filed 2 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 100% from the year before), with a median base salary of $159k and the middle 50% of offers between $159k and $215k. Across all years it has 6 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Director, Player Relations & Sporting Strategy in New York.
How much does Major League Soccer 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. $159k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Major League Soccer's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2016 → 2 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2 | +100% | $159k |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0% | $155k |
| FY2019 | 1 | −50% | $275k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $75k |
Which wage levels does Major League Soccer file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 100% of Major League Soccer'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 4 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level IV100.0%4
What jobs does Major League Soccer 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Director, Player Relations & Sporting Strategy | 2 | $155k |
| Vice President, Brand & Integrated Marketing | 1 | $186k |
| Senior Director, Machine Learning & AI | 1 | $215k |
| Senior Vice President, Brand & Integrated Marketing | 1 | $275k |
| CRM Marketing Analyst II | 1 | $75k |
Where does Major League Soccer 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 6 | $159k |
What has Major League Soccer filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Major League Soccer: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Senior Director, Machine Learning & AI | $215,000 |
| 2025 | Director, Player Relations & Sporting Strategy | $159,104 |
| 2024 | Director, Player Relations & Sporting Strategy | $155,000 |
| 2019 | Senior Vice President, Brand & Integrated Marketing | $275,000 |
| 2016 | Vice President, Brand & Integrated Marketing | $186,000 |
| 2016 | CRM Marketing Analyst II | $75,000 |
Common questions about Major League Soccer's H-1B filings
- How much does Major League Soccer pay H-1B workers?
- Major League Soccer's median certified H-1B base salary is $159k (FY2025), from 2 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Major League Soccer sponsor?
- Major League Soccer has 6 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Major League Soccer sponsor for H-1B?
- Major League Soccer's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Director, Player Relations & Sporting Strategy, Vice President, Brand & Integrated Marketing, Senior Director, Machine Learning & AI, Senior Vice President, Brand & Integrated Marketing.
- Where does Major League Soccer hire H-1B workers?
- Major League Soccer's top H-1B worksite states are NY.
- 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 (FY2016–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →