Vivid Seats — 26 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $90k
- Median base · FY2025
- Quality Engineer II
- Top role · 3 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 21 all-time
Vivid Seats filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 200% from the year before), with a median base salary of $90k and the middle 50% of offers between $90k and $120k. That is 6% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 26 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Quality Engineer II in Illinois.
How much does Vivid Seats 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. $90k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Vivid Seats's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2017 → 2 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | −33% | $80k |
| FY2025 | 3 | +200% | $90k |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0% | $1.6M |
| FY2023 | 1 | −50% | $140k |
| FY2022 | 2 | −50% | $100k |
| FY2021 | 4 | +100% | $118k |
| FY2020 | 2 | −60% | $80k |
| FY2019 | 5 | +25% | $100k |
| FY2018 | 4 | +100% | $115k |
| FY2017 | 2 | — | $65k |
Which wage levels does Vivid Seats file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 58% of Vivid Seats'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 26 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I7.7%2
- Level II34.6%9
- Level III30.8%8
- Level IV26.9%7
What jobs does Vivid Seats 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Engineer II | 3 | $95k |
| Sr. Software Engineer | 3 | $130k |
| Sr. Quality Engineer | 2 | $100k |
| Software Engineer II | 2 | $95k |
| Sr. Platform Engineer | 2 | $150k |
| Software Engineer I | 2 | $80k |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $65k |
| Paid Search & Marketing Specialist | 1 | $100k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 | $115k |
| Sr Cloud Security Engineer | 1 | $140k |
Where does Vivid Seats 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 | 21 | $115k |
| NV | 5 | $90k |
What has Vivid Seats filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Vivid Seats: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Data Scientist I | $80,000 |
| 2026 | Sr. Quality Engineer | $119,704 |
| 2025 | Sr. Product Manager | $120,000 |
| 2025 | Product Designer II | $90,000 |
| 2025 | Data Scientist | $90,000 |
| 2024 | Sr. Software Engineer | $1,620,000 |
| 2023 | Sr Cloud Security Engineer | $140,000 |
| 2022 | Paid Search & Marketing Specialist | $100,000 |
| 2022 | Senior Software Engineer | $115,000 |
| 2021 | Manager, Quality Engineering | $145,000 |
| 2021 | Quality Engineer II | $98,610 |
| 2021 | Sr. Software Engineer | $118,450 |
| 2021 | Sr. Platform Engineer | $150,000 |
| 2020 | Quality Engineer II | $95,000 |
| 2020 | Software Engineer I | $80,000 |
| 2019 | Sr. Quality Engineer | $100,000 |
| 2019 | Software Engineer II | $115,000 |
| 2019 | Product Designer | $100,000 |
| 2019 | Software Engineer I | $90,000 |
| 2019 | Software Engineer II | $95,000 |
| 2018 | Sr. Platform Engineer | $150,000 |
| 2018 | Quality Engineer II | $93,000 |
| 2018 | Software Engineer | $115,000 |
| 2018 | Quality Engineer | $115,482 |
| 2017 | Sr. Software Engineer | $130,000 |
| 2017 | Software Engineer | $65,000 |
Common questions about Vivid Seats's H-1B filings
- How much does Vivid Seats pay H-1B workers?
- Vivid Seats's median certified H-1B base salary is $90k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Vivid Seats sponsor?
- Vivid Seats has 26 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Vivid Seats sponsor for H-1B?
- Vivid Seats's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Quality Engineer II, Sr. Software Engineer, Sr. Quality Engineer, Software Engineer II.
- Where does Vivid Seats hire H-1B workers?
- Vivid Seats's top H-1B worksite states are IL, NV.
- 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 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →