UL — 421 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 36
- Filings · FY2025
- $132k
- Median base · FY2025
- IT Business Systems Lead
- Top role · 23 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 175 all-time
UL filed 36 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 16% from the year before), with a median base salary of $132k and the middle 50% of offers between $111k and $145k. That is 11% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 421 certified filings since FY2016, most often for IT Business Systems Lead in Illinois.
How much does UL 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. $132k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has UL's H-1B hiring changed by year?
25 certified filings in FY2016 → 29 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 29 | −19% | $125k |
| FY2025 | 36 | +16% | $132k |
| FY2024 | 31 | −37% | $140k |
| FY2023 | 49 | −9% | $124k |
| FY2022 | 54 | +64% | $124k |
| FY2021 | 33 | −33% | $100k |
| FY2020 | 49 | +14% | $110k |
| FY2019 | 43 | −2% | $90k |
| FY2018 | 44 | +57% | $78k |
| FY2017 | 28 | +12% | $85k |
| FY2016 | 25 | — | $85k |
Which wage levels does UL file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 57% of UL'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 341 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I16.4%56
- Level II26.4%90
- Level III23.5%80
- Level IV33.7%115
What jobs does UL 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IT Business Systems Lead | 23 | $135k |
| IT Development Senior Analyst | 22 | $118k |
| IT Development Lead | 12 | $132k |
| Senior Project Engineer | 11 | $118k |
| IT Senior Business Systems Analyst | 11 | $130k |
| Project Engineer | 11 | $99k |
| IT Technical Senior Analyst | 9 | $100k |
| Software Senior Developer | 9 | $122k |
| Engineer | 9 | $78k |
| Data Scientist | 8 | $105k |
Where does UL 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 175 | $116k |
| GA | 47 | $82k |
| CA | 44 | $118k |
| TX | 29 | $129k |
| MI | 22 | $109k |
| NJ | 15 | $113k |
| MA | 14 | $85k |
| TN | 14 | $131k |
| WY | 11 | $67k |
| NY | 8 | $90k |
What has UL filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 421 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about UL's H-1B filings
- How much does UL pay H-1B workers?
- UL's median certified H-1B base salary is $132k (FY2025), from 36 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does UL sponsor?
- UL has 421 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does UL sponsor for H-1B?
- UL's most-sponsored H-1B roles include IT Business Systems Lead, IT Development Senior Analyst, IT Development Lead, Senior Project Engineer.
- Where does UL hire H-1B workers?
- UL's top H-1B worksite states are IL, GA, CA, 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 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →