Employer profile
Viasat
479 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
43
FY2025 median
$160k
Top role
Software Engineer
116 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
296 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Viasat pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Viasat hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3▼ 93% | $154k |
| FY2025 | 43▲ 19% | $160k |
| FY2024 | 36▼ 22% | $133k |
| FY2023 | 46▼ 45% | $146k |
| FY2022 | 84▲ 65% | $133k |
| FY2021 | 51▼ 4% | $119k |
| FY2020 | 53▼ 7% | $120k |
| FY2019 | 57▲ 10% | $106k |
| FY2018 | 52▲ 37% | $99k |
| FY2017 | 38▲ 138% | $95k |
| FY2016 | 16— | $97k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
276%
Lvl I
5111%
Lvl II
23449%
Lvl III
7516%
Lvl IV
9219%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 116 | $125k |
| Member Of Technical Staff | 20 | $96k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 18 | $195k |
| Systems Test Engineer | 12 | $105k |
| Customer Engineer | 11 | $105k |
| Data Scientist | 11 | $130k |
| Network Engineer | 9 | $100k |
| System Test Engineer | 9 | $96k |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 8 | $145k |
| Full Stack Software Engineer | 7 | $120k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 296 | $125k |
| TX | 69 | $95k |
| MD | 25 | $122k |
| OH | 20 | $96k |
| MA | 16 | $115k |
| WA | 13 | $133k |
| CO | 9 | $115k |
| NC | 6 | $107k |
| IL | 5 | $150k |
| MN | 5 | $156k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Viasat pay H-1B workers?
- Viasat's median certified H-1B base salary is $160k (FY2025), from 43 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Viasat sponsor?
- Viasat has 479 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Viasat sponsor for H-1B?
- Viasat's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Member Of Technical Staff, Senior Software Engineer, Systems Test Engineer.
- Where does Viasat hire H-1B workers?
- Viasat's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, MD, OH.
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