National Vision — 122 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 9
- Filings · FY2025
- $157k
- Median base · FY2025
- Optometrist
- Top role · 102 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 43 all-time
National Vision filed 9 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 18% from the year before), with a median base salary of $157k and the middle 50% of offers between $145k and $162k. That is 4% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 122 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Optometrist in New York.
How much does National Vision 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. $157k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has National Vision's H-1B hiring changed by year?
3 certified filings in FY2016 → 7 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 7 | −22% | $137k |
| FY2025 | 9 | −18% | $157k |
| FY2024 | 11 | +10% | $89k |
| FY2023 | 10 | −29% | $105k |
| FY2022 | 14 | +40% | $88k |
| FY2021 | 10 | +25% | $132k |
| FY2020 | 8 | −67% | $131k |
| FY2019 | 24 | +41% | $130k |
| FY2018 | 17 | +89% | $130k |
| FY2017 | 9 | +200% | $126k |
| FY2016 | 3 | — | $110k |
Which wage levels does National Vision file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 31% of National Vision'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 118 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I34.7%41
- Level II33.9%40
- Level III27.1%32
- Level IV4.2%5
What jobs does National Vision sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for National Vision's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Optometrist | 102 | $130k |
| Optometrists | 10 | $114k |
| IT Quality Assurance Manager | 1 | $113k |
| Merchandising Business Analyst | 1 | $59k |
| Senior Business Analyst | 1 | $84k |
| Senior Data Modeler | 1 | $125k |
| Sr Business Analyst | 1 | $73k |
| Sr. Business Analyst | 1 | $83k |
| Sr. IT Quality Assurance Manager | 1 | $174k |
| BI Reporting & Dashboard Developer, IT Applications | 1 | $75k |
Where does National Vision 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 | 43 | $130k |
| IL | 25 | $120k |
| MN | 14 | $140k |
| PA | 11 | $133k |
| MI | 11 | $125k |
| GA | 10 | $75k |
| WI | 4 | $87k |
| MD | 2 | $84k |
| MO | 1 | $132k |
| SC | 1 | $85k |
What has National Vision filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 122 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about National Vision's H-1B filings
- How much does National Vision pay H-1B workers?
- National Vision's median certified H-1B base salary is $157k (FY2025), from 9 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does National Vision sponsor?
- National Vision has 122 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does National Vision sponsor for H-1B?
- National Vision's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Optometrist, Optometrists, IT Quality Assurance Manager, Merchandising Business Analyst.
- Where does National Vision hire H-1B workers?
- National Vision's top H-1B worksite states are NY, IL, MN, PA.
- 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–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →