Taco Bell — 65 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 11
- Filings · FY2025
- $136k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineer II
- Top role · 3 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 56 all-time
Taco Bell filed 11 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 10% from the year before), with a median base salary of $136k and the middle 50% of offers between $109k and $176k. That is 5% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 65 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Engineer II in California.
How much does Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell's H-1B hiring changed by year?
5 certified filings in FY2016 → 6 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 6 | −45% | $130k |
| FY2025 | 11 | +10% | $136k |
| FY2024 | 10 | −17% | $120k |
| FY2023 | 12 | +50% | $124k |
| FY2022 | 8 | +60% | $150k |
| FY2021 | 5 | +67% | $145k |
| FY2020 | 3 | +50% | $133k |
| FY2019 | 2 | −33% | $120k |
| FY2018 | 3 | −40% | $110k |
| FY2016 | 5 | — | $110k |
Which wage levels does Taco Bell file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 74% of Taco Bell'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 53 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.9%1
- Level II24.5%13
- Level III20.8%11
- Level IV52.8%28
What jobs does Taco Bell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer II | 3 | $103k |
| Software Engineer III | 3 | $109k |
| Senior Software Engineer II | 3 | $176k |
| Quality Assurance Team Lead | 3 | $104k |
| Sr. Software Engineer | 2 | $124k |
| Quality Analyst Team Lead | 2 | $110k |
| Senior Software Developer | 2 | $134k |
| Senior Software Engineer I | 2 | $130k |
| Solutions Architect, Information Technology | 2 | $111k |
| Associate Manager II, Quality Engineering | 1 | $136k |
Where does Taco Bell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 56 | $127k |
| TX | 4 | $133k |
| IL | 1 | $155k |
| FL | 1 | $117k |
| KS | 1 | $109k |
| NJ | 1 | $111k |
| VA | 1 | $136k |
What has Taco Bell filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 65 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Taco Bell's H-1B filings
- How much does Taco Bell pay H-1B workers?
- Taco Bell's median certified H-1B base salary is $136k (FY2025), from 11 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Taco Bell sponsor?
- Taco Bell has 65 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Taco Bell sponsor for H-1B?
- Taco Bell's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer II, Software Engineer III, Senior Software Engineer II, Quality Assurance Team Lead.
- Where does Taco Bell hire H-1B workers?
- Taco Bell's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, IL, 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 →