Employer profile
Yelp
672 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
38
FY2025 median
$228k
Top role
Software Engineer
392 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
625 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Yelp pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Yelp hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4▼ 89% | $225k |
| FY2025 | 38▲ 6% | $228k |
| FY2024 | 36▼ 25% | $192k |
| FY2023 | 48▼ 21% | $180k |
| FY2022 | 610% | $155k |
| FY2021 | 61▼ 6% | $145k |
| FY2020 | 65▼ 33% | $135k |
| FY2019 | 97▲ 4% | $150k |
| FY2018 | 93▲ 52% | $135k |
| FY2017 | 61▼ 44% | $140k |
| FY2016 | 108— | $120k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
13821%
Lvl I
244%
Lvl II
22634%
Lvl III
18728%
Lvl IV
9714%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 392 | $140k |
| Engineering Manager | 64 | $200k |
| Product Manager | 47 | $145k |
| Product Designer | 11 | $105k |
| Business Systems Analyst | 10 | $119k |
| Senior Business Systems Analyst | 7 | $160k |
| Group Product Manager | 7 | $210k |
| Data Scientist | 7 | $140k |
| Applied Scientist | 6 | $148k |
| Lead Product Manager | 6 | $215k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 625 | $145k |
| TX | 11 | $182k |
| WA | 9 | $192k |
| NY | 8 | $165k |
| PA | 4 | $158k |
| NJ | 2 | $215k |
| MA | 2 | $150k |
| MI | 2 | $164k |
| IL | 2 | $220k |
| UT | 2 | $128k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Yelp pay H-1B workers?
- Yelp's median certified H-1B base salary is $228k (FY2025), from 38 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Yelp sponsor?
- Yelp has 672 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Yelp sponsor for H-1B?
- Yelp's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Product Designer.
- Where does Yelp hire H-1B workers?
- Yelp's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, WA, NY.
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