Payette Associates — 76 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 15
- Filings · FY2025
- $78k
- Median base · FY2025
- Architectural Designer
- Top role · 49 all-time
- MA
- Top state · 76 all-time
Payette Associates filed 15 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $78k and the middle 50% of offers between $75k and $94k. That is 10% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 76 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Architectural Designer in Massachusetts.
How much does Payette Associates 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. $78k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Payette Associates's H-1B hiring changed by year?
4 certified filings in FY2016 → 10 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 10 | −33% | $76k |
| FY2025 | 15 | +50% | $78k |
| FY2024 | 10 | −9% | $82k |
| FY2023 | 11 | +38% | $70k |
| FY2022 | 8 | +60% | $61k |
| FY2021 | 5 | +67% | $60k |
| FY2020 | 3 | −40% | $53k |
| FY2019 | 5 | +67% | $53k |
| FY2018 | 3 | +50% | $53k |
| FY2017 | 2 | −50% | $46k |
| FY2016 | 4 | — | $41k |
Which wage levels does Payette Associates file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 35% of Payette Associates'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 72 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I19.4%14
- Level II45.8%33
- Level III25.0%18
- Level IV9.7%7
What jobs does Payette Associates 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 Payette Associates's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural Designer | 49 | $71k |
| Architect | 5 | $88k |
| Interior Designer | 4 | $70k |
| Landscape Designer | 4 | $53k |
| Junior Designer | 3 | $41k |
| Associate | 2 | $75k |
| Design Technologist | 2 | $70k |
| Visualization Designer | 1 | $75k |
| Architectural Planner | 1 | $85k |
| Building Scientist | 1 | $68k |
Where does Payette Associates 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MA | 76 | $71k |
What has Payette Associates filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 76 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Payette Associates's H-1B filings
- How much does Payette Associates pay H-1B workers?
- Payette Associates's median certified H-1B base salary is $78k (FY2025), from 15 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Payette Associates sponsor?
- Payette Associates has 76 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Payette Associates sponsor for H-1B?
- Payette Associates's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Architectural Designer, Architect, Interior Designer, Landscape Designer.
- Where does Payette Associates hire H-1B workers?
- Payette Associates's top H-1B worksite states are MA.
- 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 →