Passport Labs — 28 certified H-1B filings (FY2018–FY2025)
- 6
- Filings · FY2025
- $139k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineering Manager
- Top role · 3 all-time
- NC
- Top state · 25 all-time
Passport Labs filed 6 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 500% from the year before), with a median base salary of $139k and the middle 50% of offers between $128k and $169k. That is 3% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 28 certified filings since FY2018, most often for Software Engineering Manager in North Carolina.
How much does Passport Labs 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. $139k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Passport Labs's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2018 → 6 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6 | +500% | $139k |
| FY2024 | 1 | −80% | $165k |
| FY2023 | 5 | −29% | $145k |
| FY2022 | 7 | +75% | $119k |
| FY2021 | 4 | +300% | $96k |
| FY2020 | 1 | −50% | $125k |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0% | $75k |
| FY2018 | 2 | — | $72k |
Which wage levels does Passport Labs file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 56% of Passport Labs'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 27 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.7%1
- Level II40.7%11
- Level III7.4%2
- Level IV48.1%13
What jobs does Passport Labs 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 Engineering Manager | 3 | $169k |
| Software Engineer II | 3 | $95k |
| Senior Domain Engineer | 2 | $165k |
| Lead QA Engineer | 2 | $125k |
| Product Owner | 2 | $119k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 2 | $135k |
| Senior Engineer | 2 | $128k |
| Solutions Architect | 2 | $142k |
| Staff Engineer | 2 | $161k |
| Technical Project Manager 3 | 2 | $105k |
Where does Passport Labs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NC | 25 | $135k |
| DE | 3 | $105k |
What has Passport Labs filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Passport Labs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Software Engineering Manager | $169,950 |
| 2025 | Senior Data Engineer | $139,050 |
| 2025 | Software Engineering Manager | $168,642 |
| 2025 | Product Owner | $128,461 |
| 2025 | Technical Project Manager 3 | $107,625 |
| 2025 | Staff Engineer | $168,752 |
| 2024 | Senior Domain Engineer | $165,250 |
| 2023 | Solutions Architect | $175,000 |
| 2023 | Lead QA Engineer | $144,881 |
| 2023 | Software Engineering Manager | $145,000 |
| 2023 | Senior Data Engineer | $135,000 |
| 2023 | Senior Domain Engineer | $165,000 |
| 2022 | Staff Engineer | $161,000 |
| 2022 | Technical Project Manager 3 | $105,256 |
| 2022 | Technical Project Manager | $105,256 |
| 2022 | Software Engineer II | $112,470 |
| 2022 | Product Owner | $118,800 |
| 2022 | Software Engineer III | $151,000 |
| 2022 | Solutions Architect | $142,200 |
| 2021 | Systems Engineer | $96,400 |
| 2021 | Software Engineer | $90,000 |
| 2021 | Senior Engineer | $127,500 |
| 2021 | Senior Engineer | $135,000 |
| 2020 | Lead QA Engineer | $125,000 |
| 2019 | Associate Product Manager | $75,000 |
| 2019 | Software Engineer II | $95,000 |
| 2018 | Implementation Specialist Lead | $72,420 |
| 2018 | Software Engineer II | $84,000 |
Common questions about Passport Labs's H-1B filings
- How much does Passport Labs pay H-1B workers?
- Passport Labs's median certified H-1B base salary is $139k (FY2025), from 6 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Passport Labs sponsor?
- Passport Labs has 28 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2018–FY2025).
- What jobs does Passport Labs sponsor for H-1B?
- Passport Labs's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineering Manager, Software Engineer II, Senior Domain Engineer, Lead QA Engineer.
- Where does Passport Labs hire H-1B workers?
- Passport Labs's top H-1B worksite states are NC, DE.
- 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–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →