Employer profile
Red Hat
1,119 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
141
FY2025 median
$138k
Top role
Software Engineer
163 filings · all-time
Top state
NC
367 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Red Hat 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 Red Hat hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 11▼ 92% | $165k |
| FY2025 | 141▲ 6% | $138k |
| FY2024 | 133▲ 1% | $127k |
| FY2023 | 132▼ 25% | $118k |
| FY2022 | 175▲ 14% | $110k |
| FY2021 | 153▲ 50% | $110k |
| FY2020 | 102▲ 4% | $110k |
| FY2019 | 98▲ 17% | $95k |
| FY2018 | 84▲ 47% | $107k |
| FY2017 | 57▲ 73% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 33— | $93k |
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 ?
646%
Lvl I
13712%
Lvl II
39135%
Lvl III
28125%
Lvl IV
24622%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 163 | $100k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 120 | $127k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 44 | $163k |
| Associate Software Engineer | 36 | $80k |
| Senior Software Quality Engineer | 25 | $120k |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 21 | $110k |
| Software Quality Engineer | 19 | $95k |
| Quality Engineer | 16 | $86k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 12 | $120k |
| Associate Consultant | 11 | $85k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| NC | 367 | $107k |
| MA | 335 | $113k |
| CA | 115 | $135k |
| TX | 65 | $107k |
| NJ | 40 | $127k |
| NY | 37 | $135k |
| WA | 33 | $116k |
| GA | 28 | $142k |
| IL | 17 | $101k |
| VA | 14 | $113k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Red Hat pay H-1B workers?
- Red Hat's median certified H-1B base salary is $138k (FY2025), from 141 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Red Hat sponsor?
- Red Hat has 1,119 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Red Hat sponsor for H-1B?
- Red Hat's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Principal Software Engineer, Associate Software Engineer.
- Where does Red Hat hire H-1B workers?
- Red Hat's top H-1B worksite states are NC, MA, CA, TX.
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