Shape — 18 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2026)
- 4
- Filings · FY2025
- $110k
- Median base · FY2025
- Customer Quality Engineer
- Top role · 5 all-time
- MI
- Top state · 16 all-time
Shape filed 4 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 300% from the year before), with a median base salary of $110k and the middle 50% of offers between $92k and $118k. That is 16% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 18 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Customer Quality Engineer in Michigan.
How much does Shape 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. $110k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Shape's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2020 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | 0% | $125k |
| FY2025 | 4 | +300% | $110k |
| FY2024 | 1 | −50% | $99k |
| FY2023 | 2 | −60% | $114k |
| FY2022 | 5 | +400% | $100k |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0% | $62k |
| FY2020 | 1 | — | $103k |
Which wage levels does Shape file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 72% of Shape'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 18 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II27.8%5
- Level III50.0%9
- Level IV22.2%4
What jobs does Shape 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Quality Engineer | 5 | $95k |
| Product Development Engineer III | 3 | $118k |
| Ses Manager | 3 | $110k |
| Apu Manager | 2 | $114k |
| Quality Engineer | 1 | $92k |
| Roll Tooling Engineer | 1 | $62k |
| Global Ses Development Manager | 1 | $146k |
| Product Development Engineer | 1 | $100k |
| Program Manager | 1 | $135k |
Where does Shape 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MI | 16 | $110k |
| AL | 1 | $95k |
| OH | 1 | $100k |
What has Shape filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Shape: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Product Development Engineer III | $125,362 |
| 2026 | Customer Quality Engineer | $95,202 |
| 2026 | Global Ses Development Manager | $146,016 |
| 2026 | Apu Manager | $135,495 |
| 2025 | Customer Quality Engineer | $120,600 |
| 2025 | Ses Manager | $109,772 |
| 2025 | Quality Engineer | $92,465 |
| 2025 | Product Development Engineer III | $118,449 |
| 2024 | Customer Quality Engineer | $98,500 |
| 2023 | Apu Manager | $113,514 |
| 2023 | Program Manager | $135,000 |
| 2022 | Ses Manager | $113,514 |
| 2022 | Product Development Engineer III | $110,000 |
| 2022 | Product Development Engineer | $100,000 |
| 2022 | Customer Quality Engineer | $93,000 |
| 2022 | Customer Quality Engineer | $93,000 |
| 2021 | Roll Tooling Engineer | $61,538 |
| 2020 | Ses Manager | $103,000 |
Common questions about Shape's H-1B filings
- How much does Shape pay H-1B workers?
- Shape's median certified H-1B base salary is $110k (FY2025), from 4 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Shape sponsor?
- Shape has 18 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2026).
- What jobs does Shape sponsor for H-1B?
- Shape's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Customer Quality Engineer, Product Development Engineer III, Ses Manager, Apu Manager.
- Where does Shape hire H-1B workers?
- Shape's top H-1B worksite states are MI, AL, OH.
- 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 (FY2020–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →