Optum Services — 5,202 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 644
- Filings · FY2025
- $125k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 764 all-time
- MN
- Top state · 1,546 all-time
Optum Services filed 644 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 18% from the year before), with a median base salary of $125k and the middle 50% of offers between $113k and $140k. That is 6% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 5,202 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Software Engineer in Minnesota.
How much does Optum Services 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. $125k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Optum Services's H-1B hiring changed by year?
177 certified filings in FY2016 → 328 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 328 | −49% | $129k |
| FY2025 | 644 | +18% | $125k |
| FY2024 | 548 | −11% | $122k |
| FY2023 | 616 | −26% | $120k |
| FY2022 | 829 | +43% | $113k |
| FY2021 | 578 | +36% | $109k |
| FY2020 | 424 | −3% | $106k |
| FY2019 | 435 | +24% | $105k |
| FY2018 | 352 | +30% | $105k |
| FY2017 | 271 | +53% | $95k |
| FY2016 | 177 | — | $94k |
Which wage levels does Optum Services file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 72% of Optum Services'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 4,453 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I2.5%113
- Level II25.3%1,126
- Level III39.3%1,752
- Level IV32.8%1,462
What jobs does Optum Services 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 Optum Services's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 764 | $121k |
| Lead Software Engineer | 276 | $133k |
| Software Engineer | 237 | $102k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 111 | $115k |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 68 | $113k |
| Principal Engineer, Tlcp | 63 | $136k |
| Senior Manager, Software Engineering | 61 | $140k |
| Quality Engineer | 52 | $102k |
| Principal Data Engineering | 44 | $126k |
| Sr. Software Engineer | 38 | $121k |
Where does Optum Services 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MN | 1,546 | $111k |
| TX | 709 | $117k |
| CA | 449 | $121k |
| NJ | 293 | $121k |
| NC | 235 | $115k |
| MD | 196 | $110k |
| IL | 183 | $120k |
| GA | 158 | $113k |
| VA | 146 | $119k |
| CT | 143 | $109k |
What has Optum Services filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 5,202 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Optum Services's H-1B filings
- How much does Optum Services pay H-1B workers?
- Optum Services's median certified H-1B base salary is $125k (FY2025), from 644 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Optum Services sponsor?
- Optum Services has 5,202 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Optum Services sponsor for H-1B?
- Optum Services's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Lead Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Senior Data Engineer.
- Where does Optum Services hire H-1B workers?
- Optum Services's top H-1B worksite states are MN, TX, CA, NJ.
- 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 →