H-1B sponsor profile

Wgu

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

Median base salary

$150,000

▲ +4.71% YoY

Average salary

$157,134

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I11.3% of LCAs

Level II34% of LCAs

Level III912% of LCAs

Level IV6282.7% of LCAs

Top occupations

Software Developers
Data Scientists
Database Administrators
Computer Occupations, All Other
Computer and Information Systems Managers

Top worksite metros

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Raleigh-Cary, NC

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Wgu H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 75 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$108,800

P25$135,000

Median$150,000

P75$178,700

P90$207,900

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Wgu salaries by job title

Wgu'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	Wgu median	All sponsors	vs all
Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	20	$168,500	$142,864	+17.9%
Wgu · Software Engineer (20 LCAs) P10$137,560 P25$144,912 Median$168,500 P75$173,575 P90$177,620 Wage levels: I 0 · II 1 · III 2 · IV 17 \| 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 →
Database Administrator SOC 15-1242 · Database Administrators	6	$150,000	$116,905	+28.3%
Wgu · Database Administrator (6 LCAs) P10$147,500 P25$150,000 Median$150,000 P75$150,000 P90$151,500 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 6 \| All sponsors: P25 $90,000 · median $116,905 · P75 $146,338 (2,780 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Database Administrator Ernst & Young U S $136,500 (1,445) Tata Consultancy Services $88,982 (142) Ltimindtree $95,035 (39) Compunnel Software $103,000 (33) Database Administrator at all sponsors →
Staff Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	5	$200,200	$188,043	+6.5%
Wgu · Staff Software Engineer (5 LCAs) P10$198,560 P25$200,000 Median$200,200 P75$210,000 P90$214,680 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 5 \| All sponsors: P25 $153,301 · median $188,043 · P75 $222,264 (2,469 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Staff Software Engineer Wal Mart Associates $153,301 (329) Linkedin $216,666 (155) Paypal $214,120 (107) Intuit $216,400 (76) Staff Software Engineer at all sponsors →

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

Wgu salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Wgu 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	Wgu median	BLS median	vs BLS
Software Developers SOC 15-1252	38	$172,050	$135,980	+26.5%
Wgu pay range · Software Developers P10$139,760 P25$150,055 Median$172,050 P75$190,000 P90$212,340 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—1 LCAs · 3% Level III—3 LCAs · 8% Level IV$174,05034 LCAs · 89% Job titles filed under this SOC Software Engineer20 LCAs · median $168,500 · +17.9% vs all sponsors Staff Software Engineer5 LCAs · median $200,200 · +6.5% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Developers All-sponsor median $136,433 · average excluding Wgu $144,906 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 1.27× Wgu $172,050 vs BLS $135,980 Where Wgu's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Developers occupation profile →
Data Scientists SOC 15-2051	14	$115,500	$120,230	-3.9%
Wgu pay range · Data Scientists P10$95,190 P25$110,125 Median$115,500 P75$135,750 P90$139,790 By H-1B wage level Level I—1 LCAs · 7% Level II—2 LCAs · 14% Level III—4 LCAs · 29% Level IV—7 LCAs · 50% What competing sponsors pay for Data Scientists All-sponsor median $123,531 · average excluding Wgu $130,963 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 0.96× Wgu $115,500 vs BLS $120,230 Where Wgu's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Data Scientists occupation profile →
Database Administrators SOC 15-1242	8	$150,000	$104,620	+43.4%
Wgu pay range · Database Administrators P10$126,900 P25$142,500 Median$150,000 P75$150,000 P90$150,900 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—1 LCAs · 13% Level IV—7 LCAs · 88% Job titles filed under this SOC Database Administrator6 LCAs · median $150,000 · +28.3% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Database Administrators All-sponsor median $110,864 · average excluding Wgu $117,676 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 1.43× Wgu $150,000 vs BLS $104,620 Where Wgu's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Database Administrators occupation profile →