Employer profile
Ouster
53 certified H-1B filings across 10 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
10
FY2025 median
$150k
Top role
Senior Software Engineer
4 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
51 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Ouster 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.
Year-over-year
How Ouster hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 10▼ 33% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 15▲ 275% | $131k |
| FY2023 | 40% | $167k |
| FY2022 | 4▼ 50% | $128k |
| FY2021 | 8▲ 300% | $145k |
| FY2020 | 2▼ 67% | $99k |
| FY2019 | 6▲ 500% | $121k |
| FY2018 | 1▼ 50% | $154k |
| FY2017 | 2▲ 100% | $100k |
| FY2016 | 1— | $100k |
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 ?
24%
Lvl I
611%
Lvl II
1834%
Lvl III
1223%
Lvl IV
1528%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 | $167k |
| Hardware Design Validation Engineer | 4 | $89k |
| Netsuite Admin/Developer | 4 | $145k |
| Hardware Engineer | 3 | $118k |
| Product Marketing Engineer | 2 | $116k |
| Mechanical Test Engineer | 2 | $92k |
| Netsuite Application Support Engineer | 2 | $157k |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $121k |
| Project Manager | 2 | $131k |
| Customer Quality Manager | 2 | $151k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 51 | $139k |
| TX | 2 | $128k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Ouster pay H-1B workers?
- Ouster's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 10 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Ouster sponsor?
- Ouster has 53 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Ouster sponsor for H-1B?
- Ouster's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Design Validation Engineer, Netsuite Admin/Developer, Hardware Engineer.
- Where does Ouster hire H-1B workers?
- Ouster's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX.
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