Employer profile
Sotheby’s
115 certified H-1B filings across 10 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
3
FY2025 median
$245k
Top role
Associate Specialist
4 filings · all-time
Top state
NY
111 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Sotheby’s pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Sotheby’s hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3▼ 73% | $245k |
| FY2024 | 11▲ 22% | $100k |
| FY2023 | 9▲ 29% | $133k |
| FY2022 | 7▼ 67% | $120k |
| FY2021 | 21▲ 50% | $130k |
| FY2020 | 14▲ 27% | $93k |
| FY2019 | 11▼ 21% | $90k |
| FY2018 | 14▲ 27% | $82k |
| FY2017 | 11▼ 21% | $79k |
| FY2016 | 14— | $65k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
1513%
Lvl I
2723%
Lvl II
2421%
Lvl III
2118%
Lvl IV
2824%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Specialist | 4 | $62k |
| Associate Cataloguer | 3 | $52k |
| Staff Engineer | 3 | $174k |
| Assistant Vice President, Specialist | 3 | $90k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 3 | $149k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 3 | $169k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 | $196k |
| Senior Tax Associate | 2 | $88k |
| Analyst, Client Success | 2 | $67k |
| Shipping Coordinator | 2 | $51k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 111 | $90k |
| NJ | 3 | $149k |
| TX | 1 | $188k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Sotheby’s pay H-1B workers?
- Sotheby’s's median certified H-1B base salary is $245k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Sotheby’s sponsor?
- Sotheby’s has 115 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Sotheby’s sponsor for H-1B?
- Sotheby’s's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Associate Specialist, Associate Cataloguer, Staff Engineer, Assistant Vice President, Specialist.
- Where does Sotheby’s hire H-1B workers?
- Sotheby’s's top H-1B worksite states are NY, NJ, TX.
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