Wgu — 144 certified H-1B filings (FY2023–FY2026)
- 48
- Filings · FY2025
- $150k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 25 all-time
- UT
- Top state · 89 all-time
Wgu filed 48 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 380% from the year before), with a median base salary of $150k and the middle 50% of offers between $120k and $175k. That is 14% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 144 certified filings since FY2023, most often for Senior Software Engineer in Utah.
How much does Wgu 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. $150k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Wgu's H-1B hiring changed by year?
42 certified filings in FY2023 → 44 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 44 | −8% | $150k |
| FY2025 | 48 | +380% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 10 | −76% | $132k |
| FY2023 | 42 | — | $125k |
Which wage levels does Wgu file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 94% of Wgu'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 144 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.4%2
- Level II4.9%7
- Level III11.8%17
- Level IV81.9%118
What jobs does Wgu 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 | 25 | $160k |
| Software Engineer II | 15 | $125k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 11 | $160k |
| Senior Database Administrator | 7 | $150k |
| Software Engineer | 6 | $115k |
| Lead Data Analyst | 3 | $136k |
| Staff Machine Learning Operations Engineer | 3 | $225k |
| Senior Data Analyst | 3 | $110k |
| Principal Cloud Architect | 3 | $208k |
| Data Scientist | 3 | $115k |
Where does Wgu 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UT | 89 | $140k |
| AZ | 11 | $149k |
| TX | 11 | $175k |
| NC | 9 | $179k |
| CA | 7 | $115k |
| GA | 3 | $98k |
| IL | 3 | $100k |
| CO | 2 | $190k |
| CT | 1 | $80k |
| NH | 1 | $145k |
What has Wgu filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 144 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Wgu's H-1B filings
- How much does Wgu pay H-1B workers?
- Wgu's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 48 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Wgu sponsor?
- Wgu has 144 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2023–FY2026).
- What jobs does Wgu sponsor for H-1B?
- Wgu's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer II, Staff Software Engineer, Senior Database Administrator.
- Where does Wgu hire H-1B workers?
- Wgu's top H-1B worksite states are UT, AZ, TX, NC.
- 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 (FY2023–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →