ZF North America — 122 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 24
- Filings · FY2025
- $108k
- Median base · FY2025
- Engineer III - Resident
- Top role · 6 all-time
- MI
- Top state · 115 all-time
ZF North America filed 24 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 140% from the year before), with a median base salary of $108k and the middle 50% of offers between $105k and $122k. That is 3% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 122 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Engineer III - Resident in Michigan.
How much does ZF North America 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. $108k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has ZF North America's H-1B hiring changed by year?
11 certified filings in FY2016 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | −83% | $110k |
| FY2025 | 24 | +140% | $108k |
| FY2024 | 10 | +25% | $110k |
| FY2023 | 8 | −64% | $101k |
| FY2022 | 22 | +47% | $105k |
| FY2021 | 15 | +400% | $92k |
| FY2020 | 3 | −73% | $97k |
| FY2019 | 11 | +57% | $91k |
| FY2018 | 7 | 0% | $87k |
| FY2017 | 7 | −36% | $89k |
| FY2016 | 11 | — | $82k |
Which wage levels does ZF North America file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 24% of ZF North America'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 108 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I2.8%3
- Level II73.1%79
- Level III21.3%23
- Level IV2.8%3
What jobs does ZF North America 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 III - Resident | 6 | $100k |
| Controls Engineer II | 5 | $100k |
| Engineer III - Software | 5 | $115k |
| Sr. Controls Engineer | 4 | $126k |
| Software Test Engineer | 4 | $88k |
| Engineer III - Systems | 3 | $105k |
| Engineer II - Mechatronics | 3 | $96k |
| Sr. IT Analyst - SAP | 3 | $114k |
| Engineer II - Software | 3 | $98k |
| Senior Engineer - Calibration | 3 | $130k |
Where does ZF North America 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MI | 115 | $100k |
| SC | 7 | $89k |
What has ZF North America filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 122 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about ZF North America's H-1B filings
- How much does ZF North America pay H-1B workers?
- ZF North America's median certified H-1B base salary is $108k (FY2025), from 24 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does ZF North America sponsor?
- ZF North America has 122 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does ZF North America sponsor for H-1B?
- ZF North America's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Engineer III - Resident, Controls Engineer II, Engineer III - Software, Sr. Controls Engineer.
- Where does ZF North America hire H-1B workers?
- ZF North America's top H-1B worksite states are MI, SC.
- 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 →