The Realreal — 81 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 5
- Filings · FY2025
- $227k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 5 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 66 all-time
The Realreal filed 5 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 44% from the year before), with a median base salary of $227k and the middle 50% of offers between $191k and $227k. That is 19% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 81 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Software Engineer in California.
How much does The Realreal 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. $227k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has The Realreal'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 | +20% | $225k |
| FY2025 | 5 | −44% | $227k |
| FY2024 | 9 | +50% | $155k |
| FY2023 | 6 | −50% | $112k |
| FY2022 | 12 | +71% | $145k |
| FY2021 | 7 | +17% | $149k |
| FY2020 | 6 | −65% | $125k |
| FY2019 | 17 | +325% | $150k |
| FY2018 | 4 | 0% | $185k |
| FY2017 | 4 | −20% | $75k |
| FY2016 | 5 | — | $90k |
Which wage levels does The Realreal file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 61% of The Realreal'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 74 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I10.8%8
- Level II28.4%21
- Level III28.4%21
- Level IV32.4%24
What jobs does The Realreal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | $152k |
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer | 5 | $240k |
| Director of Engineering | 3 | $230k |
| Cyber Defense Analyst | 3 | $112k |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 2 | $170k |
| Merchandising Manager | 2 | $60k |
| Director, Business Intelligence | 2 | $185k |
| Senior Marketing Analyst | 2 | $130k |
| Senior Network and Security Engineer | 2 | $140k |
| Salesforce Administrator | 2 | $120k |
Where does The Realreal 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 | 66 | $160k |
| NJ | 5 | $140k |
| NY | 3 | $130k |
| TN | 2 | $105k |
| AZ | 2 | $86k |
| MA | 1 | $105k |
| IL | 1 | $145k |
| OR | 1 | $249k |
What has The Realreal filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 81 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about The Realreal's H-1B filings
- How much does The Realreal pay H-1B workers?
- The Realreal's median certified H-1B base salary is $227k (FY2025), from 5 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does The Realreal sponsor?
- The Realreal has 81 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does The Realreal sponsor for H-1B?
- The Realreal's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Director of Engineering, Cyber Defense Analyst.
- Where does The Realreal hire H-1B workers?
- The Realreal's top H-1B worksite states are CA, NJ, NY, TN.
- 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 →