Norfolk Southern — 91 certified H-1B filings (FY2018–FY2026)
- 12
- Filings · FY2025
- $140k
- Median base · FY2025
- Operations Research Specialist
- Top role · 5 all-time
- GA
- Top state · 89 all-time
Norfolk Southern filed 12 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 71% from the year before), with a median base salary of $140k and the middle 50% of offers between $122k and $146k. Across all years it has 91 certified filings since FY2018, most often for Operations Research Specialist in Georgia.
How much does Norfolk Southern 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. $140k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Norfolk Southern's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2018 → 19 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 19 | +58% | $134k |
| FY2025 | 12 | +71% | $140k |
| FY2024 | 7 | −67% | $131k |
| FY2023 | 21 | +110% | $126k |
| FY2022 | 10 | +100% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 5 | −58% | $135k |
| FY2020 | 12 | +200% | $107k |
| FY2019 | 4 | +300% | $103k |
| FY2018 | 1 | — | $91k |
Which wage levels does Norfolk Southern file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 65% of Norfolk Southern'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 91 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I2.2%2
- Level II33.0%30
- Level III47.3%43
- Level IV17.6%16
What jobs does Norfolk Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operations Research Specialist | 5 | $107k |
| Technology Engineer – Mobility | 4 | $123k |
| Ptc Technology Engineer | 3 | $107k |
| Data Scientist I | 3 | $122k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 3 | $135k |
| Sr. Technology Engineer - .NET Developer/Object Oriented | 3 | $126k |
| Functional Analyst - SAP | 3 | $134k |
| Senior Operations Research Specialist | 3 | $140k |
| Data Engineering Manager | 2 | $145k |
| Cloud FinOps Engineer | 2 | $125k |
Where does Norfolk Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GA | 89 | $128k |
| OH | 1 | $130k |
| IL | 1 | $299k |
What has Norfolk Southern filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 91 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Norfolk Southern's H-1B filings
- How much does Norfolk Southern pay H-1B workers?
- Norfolk Southern's median certified H-1B base salary is $140k (FY2025), from 12 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Norfolk Southern sponsor?
- Norfolk Southern has 91 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2018–FY2026).
- What jobs does Norfolk Southern sponsor for H-1B?
- Norfolk Southern's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Operations Research Specialist, Technology Engineer – Mobility, Ptc Technology Engineer, Data Scientist I.
- Where does Norfolk Southern hire H-1B workers?
- Norfolk Southern's top H-1B worksite states are GA, OH, IL.
- 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 (FY2018–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →