Xcel Energy Services — 34 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 5
- Filings · FY2025
- $96k
- Median base · FY2025
- Engineer
- Top role · 2 all-time
- CO
- Top state · 18 all-time
Xcel Energy Services filed 5 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $96k and the middle 50% of offers between $91k and $128k. That is 15% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 34 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Engineer in Colorado.
How much does Xcel Energy Services 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. $96k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Xcel Energy Services's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 7 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 7 | +40% | $123k |
| FY2025 | 5 | 0% | $96k |
| FY2024 | 5 | +67% | $97k |
| FY2023 | 3 | −25% | $139k |
| FY2022 | 4 | +300% | $80k |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0% | $122k |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0% | $138k |
| FY2019 | 1 | −80% | $83k |
| FY2018 | 5 | +400% | $89k |
| FY2017 | 1 | 0% | $166k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $67k |
Which wage levels does Xcel Energy Services file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 43% of Xcel Energy Services'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 30 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I23.3%7
- Level II33.3%10
- Level III10.0%3
- Level IV33.3%10
What jobs does Xcel Energy Services 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Engineer | 2 | $67k |
| Process Automation Developer II | 2 | $80k |
| Senior Planner Buyer | 2 | $88k |
| Staff Engineer | 2 | $91k |
| Transmission Planning Manager | 1 | $178k |
| Analyst, Project Management | 1 | $71k |
| Assoc Data Scientist | 1 | $101k |
| Associate Data Scientist | 1 | $95k |
| Associate Market & Trading Risk Analyst | 1 | $57k |
| Data Scientist | 1 | $123k |
Where does Xcel Energy Services 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 | 18 | $95k |
| MN | 8 | $83k |
| TX | 8 | $96k |
What has Xcel Energy Services filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Xcel Energy Services: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Xcel Energy Services's H-1B filings
- How much does Xcel Energy Services pay H-1B workers?
- Xcel Energy Services's median certified H-1B base salary is $96k (FY2025), from 5 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Xcel Energy Services sponsor?
- Xcel Energy Services has 34 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Xcel Energy Services sponsor for H-1B?
- Xcel Energy Services's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Engineer, Process Automation Developer II, Senior Planner Buyer, Staff Engineer.
- Where does Xcel Energy Services hire H-1B workers?
- Xcel Energy Services's top H-1B worksite states are CO, MN, 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 →