Employer profile
Microsoft
73,968 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
9,106
FY2025 median
$171k
Top role
Software Engineer
29,968 filings · all-time
Top state
WA
55,893 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Microsoft 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 Microsoft hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1,317▼ 86% | $181k |
| FY2025 | 9,106▼ 3% | $171k |
| FY2024 | 9,343▲ 22% | $162k |
| FY2023 | 7,677▼ 33% | $163k |
| FY2022 | 11,403▲ 58% | $150k |
| FY2021 | 7,210▼ 8% | $143k |
| FY2020 | 7,852▲ 33% | $142k |
| FY2019 | 5,890▲ 9% | $140k |
| FY2018 | 5,417▲ 26% | $137k |
| FY2017 | 4,307▼ 3% | $132k |
| FY2016 | 4,446— | $127k |
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 ?
6,3519%
Lvl I
8,50611%
Lvl II
29,90540%
Lvl III
23,70632%
Lvl IV
5,5007%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 29,968 | $142k |
| Software Engineering | 10,162 | $169k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3,271 | $155k |
| Program Manager | 1,799 | $134k |
| Data And Applied Scientist | 1,788 | $141k |
| Senior Program Manager | 1,628 | $162k |
| Product Manager | 920 | $169k |
| Product Management | 850 | $174k |
| Service Engineer | 796 | $130k |
| Applied Sciences | 774 | $170k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 55,893 | $150k |
| CA | 6,454 | $172k |
| TX | 3,034 | $135k |
| GA | 2,156 | $130k |
| NC | 1,411 | $128k |
| MA | 939 | $144k |
| NY | 931 | $163k |
| NJ | 546 | $161k |
| OR | 318 | $156k |
| IL | 293 | $157k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Microsoft pay H-1B workers?
- Microsoft's median certified H-1B base salary is $171k (FY2025), from 9,106 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Microsoft sponsor?
- Microsoft has 73,968 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Microsoft sponsor for H-1B?
- Microsoft's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineer, Program Manager.
- Where does Microsoft hire H-1B workers?
- Microsoft's top H-1B worksite states are WA, CA, TX, GA.
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