Western Union — 821 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 61
- Filings · FY2025
- $143k
- Median base · FY2025
- Application Architect
- Top role · 56 all-time
- CO
- Top state · 412 all-time
Western Union filed 61 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 18% from the year before), with a median base salary of $143k and the middle 50% of offers between $125k and $160k. Across all years it has 821 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Application Architect in Colorado.
How much does Western Union 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. $143k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Western Union's H-1B hiring changed by year?
33 certified filings in FY2016 → 74 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 74 | +21% | $148k |
| FY2025 | 61 | −18% | $143k |
| FY2024 | 74 | −21% | $139k |
| FY2023 | 94 | +54% | $143k |
| FY2022 | 61 | −32% | $135k |
| FY2021 | 90 | −7% | $126k |
| FY2020 | 97 | +33% | $115k |
| FY2019 | 73 | −39% | $115k |
| FY2018 | 119 | +164% | $113k |
| FY2017 | 45 | +36% | $115k |
| FY2016 | 33 | — | $118k |
Which wage levels does Western Union file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 55% of Western Union'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 670 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I11.8%79
- Level II33.0%221
- Level III26.9%180
- Level IV28.4%190
What jobs does Western Union 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 Western Union's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Application Architect | 56 | $115k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 51 | $127k |
| Software Engineering Architect | 43 | $138k |
| Senior Application Developer | 40 | $93k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 34 | $140k |
| Senior Software Engineering Architect | 22 | $160k |
| Senior Application Architect | 18 | $145k |
| Information Security Engineer | 17 | $130k |
| Application Developer | 14 | $90k |
| Senior Architect, Software Engineering | 13 | $166k |
Where does Western Union 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CO | 412 | $130k |
| CA | 181 | $125k |
| NJ | 110 | $105k |
| TX | 91 | $133k |
| NY | 11 | $150k |
| FL | 7 | $140k |
| DC | 2 | $90k |
| GA | 2 | $160k |
| IN | 1 | $124k |
| NM | 1 | $160k |
What has Western Union filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 821 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Western Union's H-1B filings
- How much does Western Union pay H-1B workers?
- Western Union's median certified H-1B base salary is $143k (FY2025), from 61 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Western Union sponsor?
- Western Union has 821 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Western Union sponsor for H-1B?
- Western Union's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Application Architect, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineering Architect, Senior Application Developer.
- Where does Western Union hire H-1B workers?
- Western Union's top H-1B worksite states are CO, CA, NJ, 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 →