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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.

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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.

FYFilingsMedian $
FY20261,317▼ 86%$181k
FY20259,106▼ 3%$171k
FY20249,343▲ 22%$162k
FY20237,677▼ 33%$163k
FY202211,403▲ 58%$150k
FY20217,210▼ 8%$143k
FY20207,852▲ 33%$142k
FY20195,890▲ 9%$140k
FY20185,417▲ 26%$137k
FY20174,307▼ 3%$132k
FY20164,446$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 TitleFilingsMedian
Software Engineer29,968$142k
Software Engineering10,162$169k
Senior Software Engineer3,271$155k
Program Manager1,799$134k
Data And Applied Scientist1,788$141k
Senior Program Manager1,628$162k
Product Manager920$169k
Product Management850$174k
Service Engineer796$130k
Applied Sciences774$170k

Top worksite states

Where this employer files.

StateFilingsMedian
WA55,893$150k
CA6,454$172k
TX3,034$135k
GA2,156$130k
NC1,411$128k
MA939$144k
NY931$163k
NJ546$161k
OR318$156k
IL293$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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