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H1B salary lookup: how to see what a company filed for your job title

Updated 2026-10-28. Sources are linked inline. Not legal advice.

Short answer: every H-1B petition starts with a Labor Condition Application (LCA) that lists the job title, work location and the wage the employer offers. The Department of Labor publishes certified LCAs as downloadable disclosure files (DOL OFLC performance data). Filter them by employer and title to see the H-1B salaries a company filed.

1. Download the LCA disclosure file

On the OFLC performance data page, open the LCA program (Form ETA-9035) files for the fiscal year you want. The federal fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30; the latest FY2026 file covers determinations issued October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

2. Filter to the employer and the role

VISA_CLASS = H-1B and CASE_STATUS = Certified.
EMPLOYER_NAME (also try TRADE_NAME_DBA): use the legal name, which can differ from the brand.
JOB_TITLE for the employer's own title, or SOC_TITLE for the standard occupation.
Optionally the work location (WORKSITE_CITY, WORKSITE_STATE): pay depends a lot on the area.

3. Read the salary fields

WAGE_RATE_OF_PAY_FROM and WAGE_RATE_OF_PAY_TO are the offered wage or range, in the unit shown in WAGE_UNIT_OF_PAY. To annualize an hourly figure, DOL uses 2,080 hours a year (DOL guidance).
PREVAILING_WAGE and PW_WAGE_LEVEL show the minimum the employer had to meet and its level I–IV. See LCA wage levels explained.
The employer must pay at least the higher of the prevailing wage and the actual wage it pays similar workers (20 CFR 655.731(a)).

What the numbers don't tell you

An LCA is a filing, not a hire: one LCA can cover more than one position, and some are never used for a petition.
The offered wage is base pay listed on the form. It usually excludes bonus and equity, and the final salary can differ.
Small counts (one or two LCAs for a title) are anecdotes, not a pay band.

Skip the spreadsheet

H1B Sponsor Checker does this filtering for you on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable job pages: the free panel shows the median and range of the annualized offered wage on the employer's certified H-1B LCAs for similar titles (Oct 2023–Jun 2026), next to its USCIS approvals and denials. Pro ($7/month or $49/year) adds offered vs. prevailing wage and the wage level I–IV mix. You can also look up any employer from the toolbar popup.

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