Shopify USA — 248 certified H-1B filings (FY2019–FY2026)
- 47
- Filings · FY2025
- $140k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Data Scientist
- Top role · 24 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 73 all-time
Shopify USA filed 47 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 42% from the year before), with a median base salary of $140k and the middle 50% of offers between $129k and $164k. That is 10% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 248 certified filings since FY2019, most often for Senior Data Scientist in California.
How much does Shopify USA 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. $140k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Shopify USA's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2019 → 27 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 27 | −43% | $134k |
| FY2025 | 47 | +42% | $140k |
| FY2024 | 33 | +267% | $136k |
| FY2023 | 9 | −88% | $156k |
| FY2022 | 77 | +88% | $119k |
| FY2021 | 41 | +242% | $128k |
| FY2020 | 12 | +500% | $149k |
| FY2019 | 2 | — | $130k |
Which wage levels does Shopify USA file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 72% of Shopify USA'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 244 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I2.5%6
- Level II25.4%62
- Level III55.3%135
- Level IV16.8%41
What jobs does Shopify USA 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Data Scientist | 24 | $117k |
| Data Scientist | 22 | $111k |
| Developer | 21 | $114k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 14 | $134k |
| Senior Developer | 13 | $145k |
| Staff Developer | 13 | $128k |
| Senior Engineer | 12 | $132k |
| Senior Product Manager | 12 | $144k |
| Senior Product Data Scientist | 8 | $130k |
| Staff Engineer | 8 | $190k |
Where does Shopify USA 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 73 | $150k |
| NY | 58 | $140k |
| WA | 27 | $143k |
| TX | 19 | $109k |
| VA | 13 | $120k |
| MA | 10 | $108k |
| GA | 7 | $92k |
| CO | 4 | $139k |
| IL | 4 | $108k |
| NJ | 4 | $122k |
What has Shopify USA filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 248 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Shopify USA's H-1B filings
- How much does Shopify USA pay H-1B workers?
- Shopify USA's median certified H-1B base salary is $140k (FY2025), from 47 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Shopify USA sponsor?
- Shopify USA has 248 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2026).
- What jobs does Shopify USA sponsor for H-1B?
- Shopify USA's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Data Scientist, Data Scientist, Developer, Senior Data Engineer.
- Where does Shopify USA hire H-1B workers?
- Shopify USA's top H-1B worksite states are CA, NY, WA, 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 (FY2019–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →