Stryker — 579 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 99
- Filings · FY2025
- $136k
- Median base · FY2025
- Principal Engineer
- Top role · 8 all-time
- MI
- Top state · 178 all-time
Stryker filed 99 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 43% from the year before), with a median base salary of $136k and the middle 50% of offers between $115k and $157k. That is 18% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 579 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Principal Engineer in Michigan.
How much does Stryker 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. $136k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Stryker's H-1B hiring changed by year?
13 certified filings in FY2016 → 50 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 50 | −49% | $129k |
| FY2025 | 99 | +43% | $136k |
| FY2024 | 69 | +35% | $129k |
| FY2023 | 51 | −23% | $116k |
| FY2022 | 66 | +16% | $112k |
| FY2021 | 57 | −22% | $100k |
| FY2020 | 73 | +40% | $102k |
| FY2019 | 52 | +37% | $94k |
| FY2018 | 38 | +245% | $92k |
| FY2017 | 11 | −15% | $114k |
| FY2016 | 13 | — | $112k |
Which wage levels does Stryker file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 76% of Stryker'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 474 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I8.9%42
- Level II15.4%73
- Level III19.0%90
- Level IV56.8%269
What jobs does Stryker 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Principal Engineer | 8 | $140k |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 7 | $153k |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | 6 | $69k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 6 | $115k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 6 | $139k |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 5 | $82k |
| Project Manager | 5 | $91k |
| Senior Staff Electrical Engineer | 5 | $127k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Applications | 5 | $125k |
| R&d Manager | 4 | $99k |
Where does Stryker 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MI | 178 | $95k |
| CA | 123 | $135k |
| NJ | 76 | $122k |
| FL | 52 | $101k |
| WA | 38 | $125k |
| TX | 34 | $136k |
| IL | 17 | $99k |
| TN | 17 | $99k |
| UT | 11 | $115k |
| IN | 7 | $116k |
What has Stryker filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 579 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Stryker's H-1B filings
- How much does Stryker pay H-1B workers?
- Stryker's median certified H-1B base salary is $136k (FY2025), from 99 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Stryker sponsor?
- Stryker has 579 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Stryker sponsor for H-1B?
- Stryker's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Principal Engineer, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Staff Software Engineer.
- Where does Stryker hire H-1B workers?
- Stryker's top H-1B worksite states are MI, CA, NJ, FL.
- 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 →