Starbucks Coffee — 1,312 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 102
- Filings · FY2025
- $166k
- Median base · FY2025
- Application Developer Senior
- Top role · 75 all-time
- WA
- Top state · 1,256 all-time
Starbucks Coffee filed 102 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 1% from the year before), with a median base salary of $166k and the middle 50% of offers between $148k and $181k. That is 20% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 1,312 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Application Developer Senior in Washington.
How much does Starbucks Coffee 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. $166k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Starbucks Coffee's H-1B hiring changed by year?
94 certified filings in FY2016 → 81 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 81 | −21% | $172k |
| FY2025 | 102 | +1% | $166k |
| FY2024 | 101 | −7% | $159k |
| FY2023 | 109 | −28% | $150k |
| FY2022 | 151 | +6% | $149k |
| FY2021 | 143 | −4% | $140k |
| FY2020 | 149 | +10% | $136k |
| FY2019 | 135 | −16% | $130k |
| FY2018 | 161 | +87% | $126k |
| FY2017 | 86 | −9% | $115k |
| FY2016 | 94 | — | $102k |
Which wage levels does Starbucks Coffee file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 72% of Starbucks Coffee'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 1,029 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.8%39
- Level II23.7%244
- Level III46.3%476
- Level IV26.2%270
What jobs does Starbucks Coffee 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 Starbucks Coffee's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Application Developer Senior | 75 | $133k |
| Systems Analyst Senior | 47 | $125k |
| Application Developer Lead | 35 | $149k |
| Systems Analyst Lead | 24 | $139k |
| Engineer Senior | 24 | $139k |
| Application Developer II | 24 | $120k |
| Senior Application Developer | 22 | $117k |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Senior | 19 | $130k |
| Systems Engineer Senior | 17 | $136k |
| Data Engineer Senior | 16 | $138k |
Where does Starbucks Coffee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 1,256 | $139k |
| AZ | 17 | $99k |
| CA | 9 | $118k |
| NV | 8 | $135k |
| NY | 7 | $104k |
| TX | 6 | $138k |
| FL | 2 | $110k |
| OR | 2 | $105k |
| IL | 1 | $160k |
| GA | 1 | $95k |
What has Starbucks Coffee filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 1,312 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Starbucks Coffee's H-1B filings
- How much does Starbucks Coffee pay H-1B workers?
- Starbucks Coffee's median certified H-1B base salary is $166k (FY2025), from 102 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Starbucks Coffee sponsor?
- Starbucks Coffee has 1,312 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Starbucks Coffee sponsor for H-1B?
- Starbucks Coffee's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Application Developer Senior, Systems Analyst Senior, Application Developer Lead, Systems Analyst Lead.
- Where does Starbucks Coffee hire H-1B workers?
- Starbucks Coffee's top H-1B worksite states are WA, AZ, CA, NV.
- 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–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →