Smartworks — 295 certified H-1B filings (FY2019–FY2026)
- 37
- Filings · FY2025
- $106k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Developer
- Top role · 112 all-time
- NJ
- Top state · 53 all-time
Smartworks filed 37 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 48% from the year before), with a median base salary of $106k and the middle 50% of offers between $95k and $121k. That is 9% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 295 certified filings since FY2019, most often for Software Developer in New Jersey.
How much does Smartworks 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. $106k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Smartworks's H-1B hiring changed by year?
8 certified filings in FY2019 → 28 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 28 | −24% | $98k |
| FY2025 | 37 | +48% | $106k |
| FY2024 | 25 | −51% | $100k |
| FY2023 | 51 | +2% | $95k |
| FY2022 | 50 | +32% | $105k |
| FY2021 | 38 | −34% | $97k |
| FY2020 | 58 | +625% | $101k |
| FY2019 | 8 | — | $99k |
Which wage levels does Smartworks file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 28% of Smartworks'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 294 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.7%11
- Level II68.0%200
- Level III21.4%63
- Level IV6.8%20
What jobs does Smartworks 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 Smartworks's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 112 | $95k |
| Software Engineer | 78 | $110k |
| Programmer Analyst | 36 | $90k |
| Software Architect | 8 | $122k |
| Systems Administrator | 8 | $107k |
| Database Administrator | 7 | $100k |
| Computer Programmer | 5 | $83k |
| Systems Analyst | 5 | $105k |
| QA Engineer | 4 | $71k |
| Business Analyst | 4 | $94k |
Where does Smartworks 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NJ | 53 | $95k |
| TX | 45 | $105k |
| PA | 32 | $96k |
| IL | 17 | $107k |
| NC | 15 | $105k |
| MD | 13 | $109k |
| MI | 12 | $103k |
| GA | 10 | $105k |
| CA | 10 | $110k |
| VA | 9 | $106k |
What has Smartworks filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 295 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Smartworks's H-1B filings
- How much does Smartworks pay H-1B workers?
- Smartworks's median certified H-1B base salary is $106k (FY2025), from 37 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Smartworks sponsor?
- Smartworks has 295 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2026).
- What jobs does Smartworks sponsor for H-1B?
- Smartworks's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer Analyst, Software Architect.
- Where does Smartworks hire H-1B workers?
- Smartworks's top H-1B worksite states are NJ, TX, PA, IL.
- 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 →