Employer profile
Quora
318 certified H-1B filings across 10 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
20
FY2025 median
$173k
Top role
Software Engineer
200 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
271 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Quora 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 Quora hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 20▲ 43% | $173k |
| FY2024 | 14▼ 18% | $144k |
| FY2023 | 17▼ 29% | $141k |
| FY2022 | 24▼ 68% | $131k |
| FY2021 | 76▲ 73% | $121k |
| FY2020 | 44▼ 21% | $121k |
| FY2019 | 56▲ 93% | $119k |
| FY2018 | 29▲ 16% | $126k |
| FY2017 | 25▲ 92% | $133k |
| FY2016 | 13— | $120k |
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 ?
165%
Lvl I
155%
Lvl II
18157%
Lvl III
4815%
Lvl IV
5818%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 200 | $128k |
| Data Scientist | 48 | $98k |
| Engineering Manager | 31 | $189k |
| Product Designer | 10 | $109k |
| Data Science Manager | 6 | $126k |
| Brand Designer | 5 | $72k |
| Quality Analyst | 3 | $72k |
| Data Engineer | 3 | $122k |
| Group Product Manager | 2 | $168k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 2 | $168k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 271 | $125k |
| WA | 14 | $119k |
| TX | 6 | $106k |
| NJ | 6 | $115k |
| IL | 5 | $121k |
| NC | 4 | $95k |
| NY | 3 | $101k |
| VA | 2 | $185k |
| OR | 2 | $110k |
| PA | 2 | $90k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Quora pay H-1B workers?
- Quora's median certified H-1B base salary is $173k (FY2025), from 20 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Quora sponsor?
- Quora has 318 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Quora sponsor for H-1B?
- Quora's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Engineering Manager, Product Designer.
- Where does Quora hire H-1B workers?
- Quora's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, TX, NJ.
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