Optimal Blue — 33 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 4
- Filings · FY2025
- $84k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Developer
- Top role · 17 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 31 all-time
Optimal Blue filed 4 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 100% from the year before), with a median base salary of $84k and the middle 50% of offers between $84k and $118k. That is 9% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 33 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Developer in Texas.
How much does Optimal Blue 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. $84k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Optimal Blue's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 1 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1 | −75% | $111k |
| FY2025 | 4 | +100% | $84k |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0% | $137k |
| FY2020 | 2 | −75% | $83k |
| FY2019 | 8 | −11% | $83k |
| FY2018 | 9 | +50% | $82k |
| FY2017 | 6 | +500% | $75k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $75k |
Which wage levels does Optimal Blue file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 19% of Optimal Blue'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 31 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I58.1%18
- Level II22.6%7
- Level III12.9%4
- Level IV6.5%2
What jobs does Optimal Blue 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 17 | $81k |
| Software Engineer I | 2 | $84k |
| Business Operations Analyst | 2 | $91k |
| Manager, Software Development | 2 | $125k |
| Senior Quality Assurance Engineer | 1 | $111k |
| Software Engineer II | 1 | $118k |
| Software Engineer III | 1 | $111k |
| Software Test Analyst IV | 1 | $137k |
| Data Analyst | 1 | $77k |
| Development Manager | 1 | $154k |
Where does Optimal Blue 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 31 | $84k |
| AZ | 1 | $111k |
| WI | 1 | $146k |
What has Optimal Blue filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Optimal Blue: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Optimal Blue's H-1B filings
- How much does Optimal Blue pay H-1B workers?
- Optimal Blue's median certified H-1B base salary is $84k (FY2025), from 4 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Optimal Blue sponsor?
- Optimal Blue has 33 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Optimal Blue sponsor for H-1B?
- Optimal Blue's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Developer, Software Engineer I, Business Operations Analyst, Manager, Software Development.
- Where does Optimal Blue hire H-1B workers?
- Optimal Blue's top H-1B worksite states are TX, AZ, WI.
- 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 →