Red Hat — 1,216 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 139
- Filings · FY2025
- $138k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineer
- Top role · 181 all-time
- NC
- Top state · 402 all-time
Red Hat filed 139 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 5% from the year before), with a median base salary of $138k and the middle 50% of offers between $114k and $170k. That is 5% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 1,216 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Engineer in North Carolina.
How much does Red Hat 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. $138k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Red Hat's H-1B hiring changed by year?
33 certified filings in FY2016 → 113 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 113 | −19% | $153k |
| FY2025 | 139 | +5% | $138k |
| FY2024 | 133 | +3% | $127k |
| FY2023 | 129 | −26% | $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 |
Which wage levels does Red Hat file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 49% of Red Hat'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 1,149 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I14.4%165
- Level II36.5%419
- Level III25.8%296
- Level IV23.4%269
What jobs does Red Hat 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 Red Hat's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 181 | $101k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 133 | $130k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 50 | $167k |
| Associate Software Engineer | 38 | $80k |
| Senior Software Quality Engineer | 28 | $120k |
| Software Quality Engineer | 21 | $95k |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 21 | $110k |
| Quality Engineer | 16 | $86k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 14 | $167k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 13 | $121k |
Where does Red Hat 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NC | 402 | $109k |
| MA | 377 | $118k |
| CA | 118 | $135k |
| TX | 74 | $115k |
| NJ | 43 | $130k |
| NY | 37 | $135k |
| WA | 34 | $116k |
| GA | 30 | $142k |
| IL | 17 | $101k |
| VA | 15 | $116k |
What has Red Hat filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 1,216 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Red Hat's H-1B filings
- How much does Red Hat pay H-1B workers?
- Red Hat's median certified H-1B base salary is $138k (FY2025), from 139 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Red Hat sponsor?
- Red Hat has 1,216 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.
- 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 →