Workday — 2,728 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 323
- Filings · FY2025
- $156k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Development Engineer
- Top role · 225 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 2,120 all-time
Workday filed 323 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 15% from the year before), with a median base salary of $156k and the middle 50% of offers between $133k and $174k. That is 5% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 2,728 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Development Engineer in California.
How much does Workday 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. $156k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Workday's H-1B hiring changed by year?
100 certified filings in FY2016 → 253 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 253 | −22% | $162k |
| FY2025 | 323 | −15% | $156k |
| FY2024 | 381 | +49% | $147k |
| FY2023 | 255 | −47% | $145k |
| FY2022 | 481 | +74% | $132k |
| FY2021 | 276 | +22% | $131k |
| FY2020 | 226 | +27% | $125k |
| FY2019 | 178 | +24% | $126k |
| FY2018 | 143 | +28% | $109k |
| FY2017 | 112 | +12% | $117k |
| FY2016 | 100 | — | $125k |
Which wage levels does Workday file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 13% of Workday'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 2,447 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I0.9%22
- Level II86.3%2,111
- Level III4.2%102
- Level IV8.7%212
What jobs does Workday 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 Workday's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer | 225 | $129k |
| Sr Software Development Engineer | 131 | $160k |
| Software Application Engineer | 79 | $115k |
| Senior Software Development Engineer | 69 | $138k |
| Sr Associate Software Development Engineer | 51 | $109k |
| Senior Software Application Engineer | 45 | $138k |
| Sr Software Engineer (Distributed Systems) | 35 | $176k |
| Manager, Software Development Engineering | 33 | $167k |
| Product Manager | 25 | $131k |
| Principal, Software Development Engineer | 24 | $202k |
Where does Workday 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 | 2,120 | $141k |
| GA | 261 | $118k |
| CO | 108 | $139k |
| OR | 44 | $118k |
| NY | 40 | $128k |
| MA | 30 | $139k |
| TX | 27 | $140k |
| WA | 26 | $164k |
| VA | 22 | $134k |
| OH | 17 | $103k |
What has Workday filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 2,728 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Workday's H-1B filings
- How much does Workday pay H-1B workers?
- Workday's median certified H-1B base salary is $156k (FY2025), from 323 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Workday sponsor?
- Workday has 2,728 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Workday sponsor for H-1B?
- Workday's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Development Engineer, Sr Software Development Engineer, Software Application Engineer, Senior Software Development Engineer.
- Where does Workday hire H-1B workers?
- Workday's top H-1B worksite states are CA, GA, CO, OR.
- 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 →