Warp Drive — 46 certified H-1B filings (FY2018–FY2026)
- 9
- Filings · FY2025
- $207k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 12 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 24 all-time
Warp Drive filed 9 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 31% from the year before), with a median base salary of $207k and the middle 50% of offers between $155k and $265k. That is 74% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 46 certified filings since FY2018, most often for Senior Software Engineer in California.
How much does Warp Drive 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. $207k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Warp Drive's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2018 → 8 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 8 | −11% | $195k |
| FY2025 | 9 | −31% | $207k |
| FY2024 | 13 | +160% | $245k |
| FY2023 | 5 | −17% | $225k |
| FY2022 | 6 | +50% | $220k |
| FY2021 | 4 | +300% | $180k |
| FY2018 | 1 | — | $155k |
Which wage levels does Warp Drive file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 93% of Warp Drive'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 46 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II6.5%3
- Level III37.0%17
- Level IV56.5%26
What jobs does Warp Drive 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 | 12 | $235k |
| Product Manager, Otc Derivatives | 4 | $245k |
| Product Manager | 3 | $220k |
| Software Engineer 2 | 2 | $190k |
| Vice President of Security | 2 | $287k |
| Compensation Manager | 2 | $155k |
| VP Engineering | 1 | $400k |
| VP, Financial Transformation | 1 | $350k |
| Associate Product Manager | 1 | $153k |
| Data Scientist | 1 | $152k |
Where does Warp Drive 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 | 24 | $229k |
| NY | 16 | $230k |
| WA | 3 | $300k |
| VA | 1 | $350k |
| IL | 1 | $190k |
| NC | 1 | $153k |
What has Warp Drive filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Warp Drive: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Warp Drive's H-1B filings
- How much does Warp Drive pay H-1B workers?
- Warp Drive's median certified H-1B base salary is $207k (FY2025), from 9 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Warp Drive sponsor?
- Warp Drive has 46 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2018–FY2026).
- What jobs does Warp Drive sponsor for H-1B?
- Warp Drive's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Product Manager, Otc Derivatives, Product Manager, Software Engineer 2.
- Where does Warp Drive hire H-1B workers?
- Warp Drive's top H-1B worksite states are CA, NY, WA, VA.
- 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 (FY2018–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →