Panda Express — 81 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 9
- Filings · FY2025
- $120k
- Median base · FY2025
- Area Coach Operations-In Training
- Top role · 27 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 45 all-time
Panda Express filed 9 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 13% from the year before), with a median base salary of $120k and the middle 50% of offers between $100k and $130k. Across all years it has 81 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Area Coach Operations-In Training in California.
How much does Panda Express 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. $120k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Panda Express's H-1B hiring changed by year?
11 certified filings in FY2016 → 2 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | −78% | $96k |
| FY2025 | 9 | +13% | $120k |
| FY2024 | 8 | −11% | $91k |
| FY2023 | 9 | +200% | $111k |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0% | $115k |
| FY2021 | 3 | −57% | $120k |
| FY2020 | 7 | +17% | $80k |
| FY2019 | 6 | 0% | $70k |
| FY2018 | 6 | −65% | $73k |
| FY2017 | 17 | +55% | $63k |
| FY2016 | 11 | — | $61k |
Which wage levels does Panda Express file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 13% of Panda Express'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 67 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I43.3%29
- Level II43.3%29
- Level III10.4%7
- Level IV3.0%2
What jobs does Panda Express 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Area Coach Operations-In Training | 27 | $63k |
| Area Coach of Operations | 9 | $87k |
| Training Leader | 5 | $89k |
| Area Coach Operations | 3 | $100k |
| Sr. Database Administrator | 2 | $120k |
| Applications Analyst | 2 | $83k |
| Area Coach of Operations in Training | 2 | $60k |
| Area Coach Operation in Training | 2 | $111k |
| Area Manager in Training | 2 | $120k |
| Business Analyst | 2 | $61k |
Where does Panda Express 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 45 | $97k |
| MI | 5 | $63k |
| IA | 4 | $50k |
| IL | 4 | $58k |
| WI | 3 | $60k |
| MD | 3 | $70k |
| DC | 2 | $111k |
| LA | 2 | $65k |
| OH | 2 | $74k |
| IN | 2 | $50k |
What has Panda Express filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 81 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Panda Express's H-1B filings
- How much does Panda Express pay H-1B workers?
- Panda Express's median certified H-1B base salary is $120k (FY2025), from 9 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Panda Express sponsor?
- Panda Express has 81 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Panda Express sponsor for H-1B?
- Panda Express's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Area Coach Operations-In Training, Area Coach of Operations, Training Leader, Area Coach Operations.
- Where does Panda Express hire H-1B workers?
- Panda Express's top H-1B worksite states are CA, MI, IA, 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 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →