Steel Dynamics — 13 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 1
- Filings · FY2025
- $78k
- Median base · FY2025
- Process Engineer
- Top role · 3 all-time
- IN
- Top state · 11 all-time
Steel Dynamics filed 1 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $78k and the middle 50% of offers between $78k and $78k. That is 27% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 13 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Process Engineer in Indiana.
How much does Steel Dynamics 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. $78k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Steel Dynamics's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2017 → 2 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | +100% | $70k |
| FY2025 | 1 | −50% | $78k |
| FY2024 | 2 | +100% | $135k |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0% | $84k |
| FY2022 | 1 | −50% | $70k |
| FY2021 | 2 | 0% | $66k |
| FY2020 | 2 | +100% | $62k |
| FY2018 | 1 | 0% | $59k |
| FY2017 | 1 | — | $49k |
Which wage levels does Steel Dynamics file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 23% of Steel Dynamics'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 13 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I30.8%4
- Level II46.2%6
- Level III15.4%2
- Level IV7.7%1
What jobs does Steel Dynamics 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Process Engineer | 3 | $70k |
| Financial Analyst II | 2 | $66k |
| Product Metallurgist | 2 | $77k |
| Financial Analyst | 1 | $59k |
| Hot Mill Level II Engineer | 1 | $155k |
| Manager of Decarbonization Engineering | 1 | $135k |
| Metallic Coated Product Administrator | 1 | $92k |
| Programmer | 1 | $70k |
| Software Engineer | 1 | $49k |
Where does Steel Dynamics 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IN | 11 | $70k |
| TX | 2 | $92k |
What has Steel Dynamics filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Steel Dynamics: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Metallic Coated Product Administrator | $91,603 |
| 2026 | Programmer | $70,300 |
| 2025 | Process Engineer | $78,062 |
| 2024 | Manager of Decarbonization Engineering | $135,000 |
| 2024 | Hot Mill Level II Engineer | $155,000 |
| 2023 | Product Metallurgist | $84,475 |
| 2022 | Process Engineer | $69,688 |
| 2021 | Financial Analyst II | $65,500 |
| 2021 | Financial Analyst II | $65,500 |
| 2020 | Product Metallurgist | $77,161 |
| 2020 | Process Engineer | $62,000 |
| 2018 | Financial Analyst | $59,000 |
| 2017 | Software Engineer | $49,000 |
Common questions about Steel Dynamics's H-1B filings
- How much does Steel Dynamics pay H-1B workers?
- Steel Dynamics's median certified H-1B base salary is $78k (FY2025), from 1 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Steel Dynamics sponsor?
- Steel Dynamics has 13 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Steel Dynamics sponsor for H-1B?
- Steel Dynamics's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Process Engineer, Financial Analyst II, Product Metallurgist, Financial Analyst.
- Where does Steel Dynamics hire H-1B workers?
- Steel Dynamics's top H-1B worksite states are IN, 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 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →