Employer profile
Pilgrim’s Pride
57 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
4
FY2025 median
$100k
Top role
Coordinator Of Operational Excellence
6 filings · all-time
Top state
CO
17 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Pilgrim’s Pride 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 Pilgrim’s Pride hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1▼ 75% | $110k |
| FY2025 | 4▼ 20% | $100k |
| FY2024 | 5▲ 67% | $85k |
| FY2023 | 3▼ 40% | $74k |
| FY2022 | 5▼ 29% | $97k |
| FY2021 | 7▲ 17% | $102k |
| FY2020 | 6▼ 33% | $87k |
| FY2019 | 9▲ 13% | $84k |
| FY2018 | 8▲ 14% | $83k |
| FY2017 | 7▲ 250% | $115k |
| FY2016 | 2— | $70k |
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 ?
35%
Lvl I
1832%
Lvl II
1730%
Lvl III
1425%
Lvl IV
59%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Coordinator Of Operational Excellence | 6 | $68k |
| Regional Industrial Engineer | 4 | $75k |
| Regional Continuous Improvement Specialist | 4 | $90k |
| Production Area Manager | 2 | $130k |
| Maintenance Superintendent Engineer | 2 | $62k |
| Plant Manager | 2 | $120k |
| Food Technologist | 2 | $55k |
| Production Manager | 2 | $127k |
| Project Engineer | 2 | $95k |
| Region Industrial Engineer | 2 | $97k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CO | 17 | $100k |
| TX | 14 | $97k |
| GA | 9 | $78k |
| MN | 6 | $102k |
| TN | 4 | $63k |
| NC | 3 | $110k |
| PR | 1 | $75k |
| MI | 1 | $95k |
| SC | 1 | $74k |
| WV | 1 | $62k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Pilgrim’s Pride pay H-1B workers?
- Pilgrim’s Pride's median certified H-1B base salary is $100k (FY2025), from 4 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Pilgrim’s Pride sponsor?
- Pilgrim’s Pride has 57 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Pilgrim’s Pride sponsor for H-1B?
- Pilgrim’s Pride's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Coordinator Of Operational Excellence, Regional Industrial Engineer, Regional Continuous Improvement Specialist, Production Area Manager.
- Where does Pilgrim’s Pride hire H-1B workers?
- Pilgrim’s Pride's top H-1B worksite states are CO, TX, GA, MN.
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