Union Pacific Railroad — 202 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 30
- Filings · FY2025
- $133k
- Median base · FY2025
- Systems Engineer
- Top role · 60 all-time
- NE
- Top state · 194 all-time
Union Pacific Railroad filed 30 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 329% from the year before), with a median base salary of $133k and the middle 50% of offers between $127k and $144k. That is 29% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 202 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Systems Engineer in Nebraska.
How much does Union Pacific Railroad 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. $133k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Union Pacific Railroad's H-1B hiring changed by year?
42 certified filings in FY2016 → 8 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 8 | −73% | $129k |
| FY2025 | 30 | +329% | $133k |
| FY2024 | 7 | −50% | $133k |
| FY2023 | 14 | −26% | $120k |
| FY2022 | 19 | +36% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 14 | +75% | $120k |
| FY2020 | 8 | −69% | $108k |
| FY2019 | 26 | +37% | $109k |
| FY2018 | 19 | +27% | $104k |
| FY2017 | 15 | −64% | $98k |
| FY2016 | 42 | — | $96k |
Which wage levels does Union Pacific Railroad file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 46% of Union Pacific Railroad'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 141 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I12.1%17
- Level II41.8%59
- Level III22.7%32
- Level IV23.4%33
What jobs does Union Pacific Railroad sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Union Pacific Railroad's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 60 | $122k |
| Associate Systems Engineer | 57 | $110k |
| Sr. Systems Engineer | 11 | $135k |
| Associate System Engineer | 9 | $101k |
| Sr. Project Engineer | 8 | $100k |
| Project Engineer | 8 | $90k |
| Associate Project Engineer | 7 | $80k |
| Application Developer | 5 | $75k |
| Senior Project Engineer | 5 | $95k |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 4 | $154k |
Where does Union Pacific Railroad 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NE | 194 | $111k |
| CO | 6 | $132k |
| TX | 1 | $77k |
| UT | 1 | $80k |
What has Union Pacific Railroad filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 202 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Union Pacific Railroad's H-1B filings
- How much does Union Pacific Railroad pay H-1B workers?
- Union Pacific Railroad's median certified H-1B base salary is $133k (FY2025), from 30 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Union Pacific Railroad sponsor?
- Union Pacific Railroad has 202 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Union Pacific Railroad sponsor for H-1B?
- Union Pacific Railroad's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Systems Engineer, Associate Systems Engineer, Sr. Systems Engineer, Associate System Engineer.
- Where does Union Pacific Railroad hire H-1B workers?
- Union Pacific Railroad's top H-1B worksite states are NE, CO, TX, UT.
- 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 →