Smithfield Foods — 17 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $132k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior IT Data Solution Architect
- Top role · 4 all-time
- VA
- Top state · 13 all-time
Smithfield Foods filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $132k and the middle 50% of offers between $95k and $132k. Across all years it has 17 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior IT Data Solution Architect in Virginia.
How much does Smithfield Foods 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. $132k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Smithfield Foods's H-1B hiring changed by year?
4 certified filings in FY2016 → 3 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3 | +50% | $132k |
| FY2023 | 2 | −33% | $124k |
| FY2022 | 3 | +200% | $101k |
| FY2020 | 1 | −67% | $67k |
| FY2019 | 3 | +200% | $81k |
| FY2017 | 1 | −75% | $83k |
| FY2016 | 4 | — | $69k |
Which wage levels does Smithfield Foods file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 42% of Smithfield Foods'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 12 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I8.3%1
- Level II50.0%6
- Level III8.3%1
- Level IV33.3%4
What jobs does Smithfield Foods 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 IT Data Solution Architect | 4 | $107k |
| Senior Financial Reporting Analyst | 2 | $69k |
| Project Engineer | 2 | $124k |
| Commodity Hedging Accounting Analyst | 2 | $67k |
| Tax Coordinator | 1 | $45k |
| Senior Commodity Hedging Accounting Analyst | 1 | $95k |
| Corporate Tax Coordinator | 1 | $51k |
| IT Manager - Is Mobility Collaboration & End User Services | 1 | $95k |
| IT Manager-Is Mobility Collaboration & End User Services | 1 | $120k |
| Project Engineer [Aze060 Process Engineering] | 1 | $83k |
Where does Smithfield Foods 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VA | 13 | $83k |
| MI | 2 | $101k |
| IL | 1 | $124k |
| MA | 1 | $124k |
What has Smithfield Foods filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Smithfield Foods: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Senior Commodity Hedging Accounting Analyst | $95,275 |
| 2025 | Senior IT Data Solution Architect | $132,184 |
| 2025 | Senior IT Data Solution Architect | $132,184 |
| 2023 | Project Engineer | $123,500 |
| 2023 | Project Engineer | $123,500 |
| 2022 | Commodity Hedging Accounting Analyst | $71,635 |
| 2022 | Senior IT Data Solution Architect | $106,912 |
| 2022 | Senior IT Data Solution Architect | $100,942 |
| 2020 | Commodity Hedging Accounting Analyst | $66,950 |
| 2019 | IT Manager-Is Mobility Collaboration & End User Services | $119,893 |
| 2019 | Corporate Tax Coordinator | $50,586 |
| 2019 | Senior Financial Reporting Analyst | $80,568 |
| 2017 | Project Engineer [Aze060 Process Engineering] | $83,200 |
| 2016 | IT Manager - Is Mobility Collaboration & End User Services | $94,760 |
| 2016 | Senior Financial Reporting Analyst | $68,640 |
| 2016 | Tax Coordinator | $45,000 |
| 2016 | Staff Attorney | $91,104 |
Common questions about Smithfield Foods's H-1B filings
- How much does Smithfield Foods pay H-1B workers?
- Smithfield Foods's median certified H-1B base salary is $132k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Smithfield Foods sponsor?
- Smithfield Foods has 17 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Smithfield Foods sponsor for H-1B?
- Smithfield Foods's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior IT Data Solution Architect, Senior Financial Reporting Analyst, Project Engineer, Commodity Hedging Accounting Analyst.
- Where does Smithfield Foods hire H-1B workers?
- Smithfield Foods's top H-1B worksite states are VA, MI, IL, MA.
- 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–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →