Premera Blue Cross — 154 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 14
- Filings · FY2025
- $152k
- Median base · FY2025
- Site Reliability Engineer III
- Top role · 13 all-time
- WA
- Top state · 149 all-time
Premera Blue Cross filed 14 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 46% from the year before), with a median base salary of $152k and the middle 50% of offers between $143k and $175k. That is 3% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 154 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Site Reliability Engineer III in Washington.
How much does Premera Blue Cross 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. $152k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Premera Blue Cross's H-1B hiring changed by year?
13 certified filings in FY2016 → 14 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 14 | 0% | $153k |
| FY2025 | 14 | −46% | $152k |
| FY2024 | 26 | +136% | $152k |
| FY2023 | 11 | −52% | $125k |
| FY2022 | 23 | +109% | $135k |
| FY2021 | 11 | +267% | $141k |
| FY2020 | 3 | −85% | $107k |
| FY2019 | 20 | +122% | $111k |
| FY2018 | 9 | −10% | $104k |
| FY2017 | 10 | −23% | $99k |
| FY2016 | 13 | — | $110k |
Which wage levels does Premera Blue Cross file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 40% of Premera Blue Cross'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 137 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I11.7%16
- Level II48.2%66
- Level III32.1%44
- Level IV8.0%11
What jobs does Premera Blue Cross 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer III | 13 | $144k |
| Software Development Engineer IV | 11 | $156k |
| Software Development Engineer III | 10 | $130k |
| Data Engineer III | 8 | $125k |
| Data Engineer II | 7 | $115k |
| Senior Developer II | 5 | $120k |
| Software Development Engineer II | 5 | $108k |
| Software Test Engineer III | 4 | $91k |
| Systems Engineer IV | 4 | $150k |
| Data Engineer IV | 4 | $156k |
Where does Premera Blue Cross 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 149 | $129k |
| TX | 3 | $140k |
| FL | 1 | $116k |
| CO | 1 | $130k |
What has Premera Blue Cross filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 154 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Premera Blue Cross's H-1B filings
- How much does Premera Blue Cross pay H-1B workers?
- Premera Blue Cross's median certified H-1B base salary is $152k (FY2025), from 14 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Premera Blue Cross sponsor?
- Premera Blue Cross has 154 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Premera Blue Cross sponsor for H-1B?
- Premera Blue Cross's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Site Reliability Engineer III, Software Development Engineer IV, Software Development Engineer III, Data Engineer III.
- Where does Premera Blue Cross hire H-1B workers?
- Premera Blue Cross's top H-1B worksite states are WA, TX, FL, CO.
- 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 →