H-1B sponsor profile

Costco Wholesale

Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications · trailing 12 months

Median base salary

$154,400

▼ -2.83% YoY

Average salary

$157,565

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

133

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I3627.1% of LCAs

Level II6347.4% of LCAs

Level III2317.3% of LCAs

Level IV96.8% of LCAs

2 filings had no wage level.

Top occupations

Software Developers
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Information Security Analysts
Database Administrators
Data Scientists

Top worksite metros

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

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Costco Wholesale H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 133 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$134,760

P25$141,300

Median$154,400

P75$170,000

P90$183,420

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Costco Wholesale salaries by job title

Costco Wholesale's pay for each job title compared with the median of all H-1B sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation. Tap a row for the full range and competing sponsors.

Job title	LCAs	Costco Wholesale median	All sponsors	vs all
Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	74	$153,000	$142,864	+7.1%
Costco Wholesale · Software Engineer (74 LCAs) P10$133,660 P25$139,775 Median$153,000 P75$170,675 P90$180,560 Wage levels: I 22 · II 41 · III 10 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $114,399 · median $142,864 · P75 $182,002 (37,090 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Software Engineer Google $194,000 (3,054) Meta $214,032 (2,657) Wal Mart Associates $130,000 (1,162) Paypal $150,957 (600) Software Engineer at all sponsors →
Data Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	8	$147,350	$120,000	+22.8%
Costco Wholesale · Data Engineer (8 LCAs) P10$137,420 P25$139,100 Median$147,350 P75$157,600 P90$166,000 Wage levels: I 4 · II 4 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $105,997 · median $120,000 · P75 $140,000 (2,367 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Data Engineer Wal Mart Associates $127,169 (79) Expedia $149,240 (57) Fidelity Technology D/b/a Fidelity Investments $116,709 (54) Caremark $136,478 (52) Data Engineer at all sponsors →
Quality Engineer SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	7	$147,700	$112,520	+31.3%
Costco Wholesale · Quality Engineer (7 LCAs) P10$135,120 P25$137,700 Median$147,700 P75$157,550 P90$160,280 Wage levels: I 0 · II 2 · III 3 · IV 2 \| All sponsors: P25 $92,000 · median $112,520 · P75 $128,648 (412 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Quality Engineer The Mathworks $119,912 (37) IBM $98,384 (29) Optum $111,696 (16) The Kroger $121,235 (12) Quality Engineer at all sponsors →
BI Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	6	$144,800	$115,000	+25.9%
Costco Wholesale · BI Engineer (6 LCAs) P10$140,300 P25$143,400 Median$144,800 P75$146,500 P90$149,400 Wage levels: I 4 · II 1 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $99,498 · median $115,000 · P75 $144,200 (19 LCAs)

Titles need 5+ filings at Costco Wholesale. “All sponsors” is the median for the same title and SOC across every sponsor, including Costco Wholesale; “only sponsor” means no other employer filed it.

Costco Wholesale salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Costco Wholesale sponsors, compared with the BLS national median for all U.S. workers. Tap a row for wage levels, job titles and what competing sponsors pay.

Occupation	LCAs	Costco Wholesale median	BLS median	vs BLS
Software Developers SOC 15-1252	113	$153,000	$135,980	+12.5%
Costco Wholesale pay range · Software Developers P10$134,700 P25$141,300 Median$153,000 P75$165,400 P90$180,000 By H-1B wage level Level I$139,70036 LCAs · 32% Level II$155,00060 LCAs · 53% Level III$180,00013 LCAs · 12% Level IV—2 LCAs · 2% Job titles filed under this SOC Software Engineer74 LCAs · median $153,000 · +7.1% vs all sponsors Data Engineer8 LCAs · median $147,350 · +22.8% vs all sponsors BI Engineer6 LCAs · median $144,800 · +25.9% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Developers All-sponsor median $136,433 · average excluding Costco Wholesale $144,905 Amazon $155,000 (9,778) Microsoft $175,760 (4,681) Google $194,000 (3,386) Meta $214,032 (3,009) Pay vs BLS national median 1.13× Costco Wholesale $153,000 vs BLS $135,980 Where Costco Wholesale's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Developers occupation profile →
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers SOC 15-1253	8	$143,850	$104,300	+37.9%
Costco Wholesale pay range · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers P10$135,740 P25$137,750 Median$143,850 P75$156,325 P90$160,210 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—2 LCAs · 25% Level III—4 LCAs · 50% Level IV—2 LCAs · 25% Job titles filed under this SOC Quality Engineer7 LCAs · median $147,700 · +31.3% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers All-sponsor median $104,728 · average excluding Costco Wholesale $111,662 Cognizant $100,984 (1,711) Tata Consultancy Services $86,611 (431) Capgemini $120,000 (356) Amazon $143,700 (320) Pay vs BLS national median 1.38× Costco Wholesale $143,850 vs BLS $104,300 Where Costco Wholesale's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers occupation profile →
Information Security Analysts SOC 15-1212	6	$193,750	$129,180	+50%
Costco Wholesale pay range · Information Security Analysts P10$174,150 P25$175,500 Median$193,750 P75$212,150 P90$212,200 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—4 LCAs · 67% Level IV—2 LCAs · 33% What competing sponsors pay for Information Security Analysts All-sponsor median $135,000 · average excluding Costco Wholesale $141,588 Ernst & Young U S $151,115 (502) Deloitte $144,997 (296) Amazon $170,000 (146) Pricewaterhousecoopers $168,000 (87) Pay vs BLS national median 1.5× Costco Wholesale $193,750 vs BLS $129,180 Where Costco Wholesale's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Information Security Analysts occupation profile →