H-1B sponsor profile

Optum

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

Median base salary

$125,798

▲ +1.07% YoY

Average salary

$127,925

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

519

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I122.3% of LCAs

Level II11622.4% of LCAs

Level III15830.4% of LCAs

Level IV10921% of LCAs

124 filings had no wage level.

Top occupations

Software Developers
Data Scientists
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Computer Occupations, All Other
Computer and Information Systems Managers

Top worksite metros

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
Raleigh-Cary, NC
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

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Optum H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 519 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$102,671

P25$113,536

Median$125,798

P75$140,691

P90$155,709

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Optum salaries by job title

Optum'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	Optum median	All sponsors	vs all
Software Engineer SOC 1/2 SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	158	$124,076	$142,864	-13.1%
Optum · Software Engineer (158 LCAs) P10$105,092 P25$112,923 Median$124,076 P75$130,688 P90$138,035 Wage levels: I 0 · II 40 · III 45 · IV 11 \| 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 →
Lead Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	56	$136,745	$149,781	-8.7%
Optum · Lead Software Engineer (56 LCAs) P10$120,650 P25$125,798 Median$136,745 P75$150,190 P90$157,372 Wage levels: I 0 · II 6 · III 25 · IV 15 \| All sponsors: P25 $133,536 · median $149,781 · P75 $165,000 (1,606 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Lead Software Engineer Capital One $173,763 (147) Wells Fargo Bank N A $154,669 (143) Mastercard $138,000 (85) Globallogic $112,923 (74) Lead Software Engineer at all sponsors →
Principal Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	20	$147,743	$159,000	-7.1%
Optum · Principal Engineer (20 LCAs) P10$125,780 P25$133,242 Median$147,743 P75$157,546 P90$163,550 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 8 · IV 11 \| All sponsors: P25 $140,013 · median $159,000 · P75 $200,000 (503 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Principal Engineer Rockwell Collins $133,494 (57) Charter Communications $150,834 (31) Wells Fargo Bank N A $159,000 (29) Atlassian $235,450 (12) Principal Engineer at all sponsors →
Manager, Software Engineering SOC 1/2 SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	17	$145,018	$168,405	-13.9%
Optum · Manager, Software Engineering (17 LCAs) P10$133,423 P25$141,751 Median$145,018 P75$156,954 P90$166,476 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 2 · IV 9 \| All sponsors: P25 $153,301 · median $168,405 · P75 $193,588 (479 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Manager, Software Engineering Capital One $178,400 (131) Wal Mart Associates $158,262 (100) Lowe S Companies $154,669 (21) Mastercard $138,000 (12) Manager, Software Engineering at all sponsors →
Quality Engineer SOC 1/2 SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	16	$111,696	$112,520	-0.7%
Optum · Quality Engineer (16 LCAs) P10$94,208 P25$106,184 Median$111,696 P75$127,322 P90$139,824 Wage levels: I 0 · II 3 · III 5 · IV 3 \| 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) The Kroger $121,235 (12) American Express Travel Related $149,578 (11) Quality Engineer at all sponsors →
Quality Engineer SOC 2/2 SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	9	$116,771	$125,798	-7.2%
Optum · Quality Engineer (9 LCAs) P10$103,339 P25$113,225 Median$116,771 P75$125,798 P90$126,206 Wage levels: I 0 · II 2 · III 6 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $109,670 · median $125,798 · P75 $144,359 (68 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Quality Engineer Wal Mart Associates $116,529 (11) Cvs Shared Resources $124,500 (6) Quality Engineer at all sponsors →
Data Engineer SOC 1/4 SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	9	$112,424	$120,000	-6.3%
Optum · Data Engineer (9 LCAs) P10$102,244 P25$106,442 Median$112,424 P75$116,146 P90$126,693 Wage levels: I 0 · II 3 · III 1 · IV 1 \| 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 →
Data Engineer SOC 2/4 SOC 15-1242 · Database Administrators	7	$126,838	$104,660	+21.2%
Optum · Data Engineer (7 LCAs) P10$104,041 P25$114,379 Median$126,838 P75$128,445 P90$135,107 Wage levels: I 0 · II 1 · III 2 · IV 2 \| All sponsors: P25 $87,381 · median $104,660 · P75 $134,526 (424 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Data Engineer Google $170,000 (25) The Vanguard $146,300 (25) Amazon $151,600 (24) Tekinvaderz $89,586 (19) Data Engineer at all sponsors →
Manager, Software Engineering SOC 2/2 SOC 11-3021 · Computer and Information Systems Managers	7	$142,491	$200,000	-28.7%
Optum · Manager, Software Engineering (7 LCAs) P10$122,224 P25$134,030 Median$142,491 P75$176,488 P90$178,806 Wage levels: I 1 · II 2 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $169,335 · median $200,000 · P75 $237,234 (447 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Manager, Software Engineering Paypal $224,600 (35) Intuit $233,291 (27) Linkedin $234,233 (23) Salesforce $257,984 (18) Manager, Software Engineering at all sponsors →
Data Analyst SOC 1/2 SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists	6	$104,884	$93,095	+12.7%
Optum · Data Analyst (6 LCAs) P10$90,324 P25$93,288 Median$104,884 P75$117,354 P90$118,893 Wage levels: I 0 · II 3 · III 3 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $80,000 · median $93,095 · P75 $110,739 (2,269 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Data Analyst Capital One $99,100 (107) Capital One National Association $109,000 (56) Wal Mart Associates $122,400 (47) Kforce $109,491 (33) Data Analyst at all sponsors →
Director, Software Engineering SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	6	$154,260	$165,000	-6.5%
Optum · Director, Software Engineering (6 LCAs) P10$147,148 P25$147,992 Median$154,260 P75$162,162 P90$168,586 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 2 · IV 4 \| All sponsors: P25 $155,593 · median $165,000 · P75 $206,689 (164 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Director, Software Engineering Fidelity Technology D/b/a Fidelity Investments $161,741 (57) Capital One $216,100 (25) Mastercard $165,000 (10) Wal Mart Associates $185,587 (9) Director, Software Engineering at all sponsors →
Principal Data Engineering SOC 15-1243 · Database Architects	5	$145,211	only sponsor	—
Optum · Principal Data Engineering (5 LCAs) P10$123,986 P25$124,482 Median$145,211 P75$147,077 P90$153,679 Wage levels: I 0 · II 1 · III 0 · IV 2
Data Engineer SOC 3/4 SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists	5	$119,163	$116,100	+2.6%
Optum · Data Engineer (5 LCAs) P10$114,055 P25$114,754 Median$119,163 P75$119,642 P90$134,805 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 4 · IV 1 \| All sponsors: P25 $93,974 · median $116,100 · P75 $147,000 (2,810 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Data Engineer Amazon $150,987 (521) Meta $182,583 (111) Tesla $159,633 (39) Capgemini $129,099 (38) Data Engineer at all sponsors →
Software Engineer SOC 2/2 SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	5	$115,585	$114,897	+0.6%
Optum · Software Engineer (5 LCAs) P10$109,176 P25$113,164 Median$115,585 P75$120,202 P90$123,023 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 1 · IV 2 \| All sponsors: P25 $90,256 · median $114,897 · P75 $143,354 (531 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Software Engineer Meta $198,000 (26) General Motors $142,794 (20) Salesforce $138,000 (13) Juniper Networks $133,432 (13) Software Engineer at all sponsors →
Data Analyst SOC 2/2 SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	5	$125,288	$105,997	+18.2%
Optum · Data Analyst (5 LCAs) P10$105,704 P25$118,712 Median$125,288 P75$125,288 P90$131,098 Wage levels: I 0 · II 1 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $92,789 · median $105,997 · P75 $114,999 (129 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Data Analyst Innovaccer $134,272 (7) Staffbee $84,094 (5) Data Analyst at all sponsors →
Data Engineer SOC 4/4 SOC 15-1243 · Database Architects	5	$129,139	$131,685	-1.9%
Optum · Data Engineer (5 LCAs) P10$108,705 P25$118,102 Median$129,139 P75$131,186 P90$140,396 Wage levels: I 1 · II 1 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $113,547 · median $131,685 · P75 $160,000 (1,238 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Data Engineer Meta $210,018 (138) Compunnel Software $124,000 (58) Amazon $157,135 (46) Rocket Partnership $119,051 (30) Data Engineer at all sponsors →

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

Optum salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Optum 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	Optum median	BLS median	vs BLS
Software Developers SOC 15-1252	330	$127,837	$135,980	-6%
Optum pay range · Software Developers P10$106,403 P25$117,036 Median$127,837 P75$140,587 P90$155,530 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II$112,92365 LCAs · 20% Level III$127,837100 LCAs · 30% Level IV$149,76060 LCAs · 18% Job titles filed under this SOC Software Engineer158 LCAs · median $124,076 · -13.1% vs all sponsors Lead Software Engineer56 LCAs · median $136,745 · -8.7% vs all sponsors Principal Engineer20 LCAs · median $147,743 · -7.1% vs all sponsors Manager, Software Engineering17 LCAs · median $145,018 · -13.9% vs all sponsors Quality Engineer9 LCAs · median $116,771 · -7.2% vs all sponsors Data Engineer9 LCAs · median $112,424 · -6.3% vs all sponsors Director, Software Engineering6 LCAs · median $154,260 · -6.5% vs all sponsors Data Analyst5 LCAs · median $125,288 · +18.2% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Developers All-sponsor median $136,433 · average excluding Optum $144,946 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 0.94× Optum $127,837 vs BLS $135,980 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Developers occupation profile →
Data Scientists SOC 15-2051	39	$119,642	$120,230	-0.5%
Optum pay range · Data Scientists P10$94,648 P25$105,370 Median$119,642 P75$130,717 P90$150,753 By H-1B wage level Level I—1 LCAs · 3% Level II$98,59014 LCAs · 36% Level III$119,64215 LCAs · 38% Level IV—8 LCAs · 21% Job titles filed under this SOC Data Analyst6 LCAs · median $104,884 · +12.7% vs all sponsors Data Engineer5 LCAs · median $119,163 · +2.6% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Data Scientists All-sponsor median $123,531 · average excluding Optum $130,970 Amazon $139,146 (2,008) Microsoft $172,526 (835) Wal Mart Associates $147,344 (752) Jpmorgan Chase $140,000 (521) Pay vs BLS national median 1× Optum $119,642 vs BLS $120,230 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Data Scientists occupation profile →
Computer Occupations, All Other SOC 15-1299	30	$128,306	$116,580	+10.1%
Optum pay range · Computer Occupations, All Other P10$102,459 P25$110,988 Median$128,306 P75$135,772 P90$147,919 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—6 LCAs · 20% Level III—9 LCAs · 30% Level IV$129,00614 LCAs · 47% What competing sponsors pay for Computer Occupations, All Other All-sponsor median $111,779 · average excluding Optum $120,419 Cognizant $111,384 (7,461) Infosys $92,217 (5,202) Tata Consultancy Services $86,445 (3,415) HCL $118,310 (1,525) Pay vs BLS national median 1.1× Optum $128,306 vs BLS $116,580 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Computer Occupations, All Other occupation profile →
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers SOC 15-1253	30	$110,336	$104,300	+5.8%
Optum pay range · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers P10$93,354 P25$105,185 Median$110,336 P75$119,974 P90$134,906 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—6 LCAs · 20% Level III$109,57710 LCAs · 33% Level IV—7 LCAs · 23% Job titles filed under this SOC Quality Engineer16 LCAs · median $111,696 · -0.7% vs all sponsors Software Engineer5 LCAs · median $115,585 · +0.6% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers All-sponsor median $104,728 · average excluding Optum $111,676 Cognizant $100,984 (1,711) Tata Consultancy Services $86,611 (431) Capgemini $120,000 (356) Amazon $143,700 (320) Pay vs BLS national median 1.06× Optum $110,336 vs BLS $104,300 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers occupation profile →
Computer and Information Systems Managers SOC 11-3021	23	$168,147	$175,140	-4%
Optum pay range · Computer and Information Systems Managers P10$137,381 P25$148,544 Median$168,147 P75$186,150 P90$219,399 By H-1B wage level Level I—2 LCAs · 9% Level II$159,04610 LCAs · 43% Level III—2 LCAs · 9% Level IV—6 LCAs · 26% Job titles filed under this SOC Manager, Software Engineering7 LCAs · median $142,491 · -28.7% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Computer and Information Systems Managers All-sponsor median $200,907 · average excluding Optum $209,034 Amazon $198,390 (1,417) Deloitte $200,300 (797) Ernst & Young U S $238,818 (785) Pricewaterhousecoopers $191,000 (385) Pay vs BLS national median 0.96× Optum $168,147 vs BLS $175,140 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Computer and Information Systems Managers occupation profile →
Database Architects SOC 15-1243	18	$127,380	$139,500	-8.7%
Optum pay range · Database Architects P10$111,744 P25$119,068 Median$127,380 P75$144,856 P90$147,077 By H-1B wage level Level I—1 LCAs · 6% Level II—6 LCAs · 33% Level III—3 LCAs · 17% Level IV—3 LCAs · 17% Job titles filed under this SOC Principal Data Engineering5 LCAs · median $145,211 · only sponsor Data Engineer5 LCAs · median $129,139 · -1.9% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Database Architects All-sponsor median $137,758 · average excluding Optum $142,966 Deloitte $142,998 (264) Meta $209,740 (148) Compunnel Software $122,500 (104) Cognizant $143,458 (86) Pay vs BLS national median 0.91× Optum $127,380 vs BLS $139,500 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Database Architects occupation profile →
Database Administrators SOC 15-1242	15	$124,743	$104,620	+19.2%
Optum pay range · Database Administrators P10$110,065 P25$114,379 Median$124,743 P75$129,222 P90$142,161 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—1 LCAs · 7% Level III—6 LCAs · 40% Level IV—6 LCAs · 40% Job titles filed under this SOC Data Engineer7 LCAs · median $126,838 · +21.2% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Database Administrators All-sponsor median $110,864 · average excluding Optum $117,692 Ernst & Young U S $136,120 (1,450) Tata Consultancy Services $88,982 (142) Amazon $120,245 (119) Cognizant $105,186 (98) Pay vs BLS national median 1.19× Optum $124,743 vs BLS $104,620 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Database Administrators occupation profile →
Operations Research Analysts SOC 15-2031	11	$91,603	$88,940	+3%
Optum pay range · Operations Research Analysts P10$76,800 P25$82,166 Median$91,603 P75$116,700 P90$140,000 By H-1B wage level Level I—3 LCAs · 27% Level II—2 LCAs · 18% Level III—5 LCAs · 45% Level IV—1 LCAs · 9% What competing sponsors pay for Operations Research Analysts All-sponsor median $120,936 · average excluding Optum $129,762 Amazon $131,900 (476) Deloitte $111,811 (464) Ernst & Young U S $176,750 (235) Pricewaterhousecoopers $180,000 (205) Pay vs BLS national median 1.03× Optum $91,603 vs BLS $88,940 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Operations Research Analysts occupation profile →
Actuaries SOC 15-2011	6	$81,494	$130,000	-37.3%
Optum pay range · Actuaries P10$81,147 P25$81,494 Median$81,494 P75$81,494 P90$89,762 By H-1B wage level Level I—4 LCAs · 67% Level II—2 LCAs · 33% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Actuaries All-sponsor median $128,000 · average excluding Optum $136,405 Ernst & Young U S $177,063 (42) New York Life Insurance $121,597 (26) American General Life Insurance $100,982 (26) Rga Enterprise $105,800 (13) Pay vs BLS national median 0.63× Optum $81,494 vs BLS $130,000 Where Optum's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Actuaries occupation profile →