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H1B Insights FY2022: who sponsors H-1Bs, what they pay, and where

Snapshot year
515,594
Certified filings · FY2022
$120k
Median base · FY2025
1,195
Employers plotted
55
Worksite states

How has H-1B pay moved?

Median certified base salary by fiscal year inside the p25–p75 band — $74k in FY2016 to $120k in FY2025. Every year, not just the snapshot.

$50k$75k$100k$150k’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25$74k$120kFY25 MEDIAN

Which wage levels get filed?

Share of filings at each OEWS prevailing-wage level (I–IV) — the lever in the new lottery. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted lottery.

Share of 515,594 certified filings · FY2022

14%
46%
23%
17%
  • Level I13.6%70,166
  • Level II45.5%234,791
  • Level III23.4%120,864
  • Level IV17.4%89,773

Who pays what, and at what scale?

Every dot is an employer with ≥ 50 certified filings (FY2022): further right files more, higher up pays more; pink marks the major sponsors and premium payers. Hover a dot for that employer's base-salary distribution by year.

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k501002505001,0002,5005,00010,000Certified filings (log)Median base salaryAmazon.comCognizantTata ConsultancyGoogleRobloxUniversity of Pittsburgh Physicians

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Amazon.com Services

14,783 filings · $140k median · 24% at Level III–IV

Base salary by fiscal year

≥ 1,000 filings or ≥ $180k medianbelow both

Whose pay moved the most?

Change in median base salary, FY2021 → FY2022, among sponsors with ≥ 150 filings in both years. Green raised pay, red cut it.

$100k$125k$150k$175kSalesforce Com+$34kUber Technologies+$27kTwilio+$25kSpotify USA+$23kErnst Young U.S. LLP+$21kMarvell Semiconduct…+$20kCitigroup Global Ma…+$20kNetapp+$20kStripe+$19kSiemens Industry So…+$18kMphasis+$18k

○ FY2021 median  ·  ● FY2022 median

Where do H-1Bs earn the most?

Median certified base salary by worksite state (FY2022). Deeper pink = a higher median; hover any state for its figures.

below $93k$142kMedian base salary

Who files at Level I, and who at Level IV?

Share of each big sponsor's filings at wage levels I–IV. Higher levels get more lottery entries, so the right-hand columns are where the better odds live — and where IT-services filers and Big Tech part ways.

Level ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
Amazon.com Services
26%
49%
22%
3%
Cognizant Technology Solutions US
·
39%
50%
12%
Microsoft
13%
48%
32%
8%
Tata Consultancy Services
·
79%
20%
1%
Google
·
60%
35%
5%
Ernst Young U.S. LLP
16%
41%
33%
10%
Infosys
·
59%
27%
14%
Deloitte Consulting LLP
12%
42%
31%
15%
Meta Platforms
·
10%
35%
55%
Amazon Web Services
28%
46%
24%
2%
Intel
·
37%
57%
6%
Capgemini America
·
43%
49%
7%

Who leads each board?

Top sponsors, payers, occupations, industries, law firms and states for FY2022. Switch boards with the pills.

Biggest H-1B sponsors

Employers with the most certified LCA filings.

#NameFilingsMedian base
1Amazon.com Services14,972$140k
2Cognizant Technology Solutions US13,392$95k
3Microsoft11,403$150k
4Google11,284$161k
5Tata Consultancy Services11,117$77k
6Ernst Young U.S. LLP9,282$132k
7Infosys7,629$79k
8Meta Platforms5,176$182k
9Deloitte Consulting LLP5,154$123k
10Intel4,811$110k

Want the whole record?

Every sponsor, job title, worksite city and cap-exempt employer in the certified disclosure record, ranked by filings. Open any list to search and page through the full index.

Sponsors

225,282 employers

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#EmployerFilingsMedian base
1Cognizant Technology Solutions US133,584$111k
2Infosys125,335$93k
3Tata Consultancy Services114,422$92k
4Amazon.com Services101,432$159k
5Ernst Young U.S. LLP84,478$156k
6Google82,354$193k
7Microsoft77,758$177k
8Deloitte Consulting LLP66,962$143k
9Capgemini America62,565$131k
10Accenture LLP51,350$146k

Job titles

631,419 job titles

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#Job titleFilingsAvg base
1Software Engineer301,963$123k
2Software Developer232,427$95k
3Programmer Analyst108,609$72k
4Senior Software Engineer75,253$136k
5Manager70,159$110k
6Senior Systems Analyst44,691$82k
7Assistant Professor42,955$120k
8Systems Analyst38,073$78k
9Architect35,979$83k
10Business Analyst35,168$81k

Worksite cities

27,135 cities

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#CityFilingsMedian base
1New York, NY308,605$115k
2San Francisco, CA132,837$138k
3Seattle, WA120,821$135k
4San Jose, CA105,298$133k
5Chicago, IL104,633$92k
6Austin, TX102,138$109k
7Sunnyvale, CA97,486$145k
8Atlanta, GA96,850$91k
9Houston, TX94,305$91k
10Irving, TX81,678$94k

Cap-exempt sponsors

3,022 employers

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#EmployerFilingsMedian base
1Mayo Clinic4,735$73k
2University of Michigan3,723$64k
3Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania2,539$70k
4University of Pittsburgh2,505$63k
5University of California San Francisco2,485$77k
6The Leland Stanford JR University2,404$82k
7University of Florida2,266$90k
8Columbia University2,238$75k
9The University of Iowa2,214$74k
10University of Minnesota2,078$66k

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Your lottery odds

Wage-weighted FY2027 selection odds from your job, state and salary.

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Amazon.com Services

The biggest H-1B sponsor of FY2022, in full.

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Source: U.S. DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosures. Medians are base salary; pay figures exclude bonus and equity.