Ameritas Life Insurance

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 28 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Insurance Carriers
  • Main U.S. filing address: Lincoln, NE
Median base salary$117,400−4% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$111k–$125k
Level III (senior) share46%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$106,569the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $98.1k25th $111kmedian $117.4k75th $125k90th $137.6k

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Percentiles from Ameritas Life Insurance's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Ameritas Life Insurance hires for

Bar: share of Ameritas Life Insurance's filings. Figure: median base salary.

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$119,80011

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Ameritas Life Insurance.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 4% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 21% of filings
$119.8kLevel III
Senior · 46% of filings
too fewLevel IV
Expert · 29% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 6
Senior · Level III $119,800 13
Expert · Level IV too few 8

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Ameritas Life Insurance files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Lincoln, NE$115,00019

Salary details

Median salary$117,400
Middle 50%$111k–$125k
vs. all employers−4%comparison median $122,699
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $79,050 and $140,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$98,100
25th$111,038
50th (median)$117,400
75th$125,000
90th$137,630

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $100k $130k FY2020: median $88,500 (20 filings) FY2021: median $95,000 (11 filings) FY2022: median $99,000 (15 filings) FY2023: median $105,000 (19 filings) FY2024: median $108,000 (12 filings) FY2025: median $114,000 (10 filings) FY2026: median $120,000 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 20 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 19 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 18 filings FY26 20
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$88,500$80,000$105,25020
FY2021$95,000$78,500$102,50011
FY2022$99,000$82,500$102,50015
FY2023$105,000$92,500$120,00019
FY2024$108,000$93,500$115,00012
FY2025$114,000$99,000$118,75010
FY2026$120,000$114,000$127,25018

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$117,400
Median prevailing wage$106,569
Median difference+4.5%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage4%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Ameritas Life Insurance

Ameritas Life Insurance's filings list its industry as Insurance Carriers (Finance and Insurance sector, NAICS 5241). Its main U.S. filing address is in Lincoln, NE and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Data Engineer and QA Engineer and the main metro areas are Lincoln, NE, Cincinnati, OH and Raleigh, NC. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does Ameritas Life Insurance sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Ameritas Life Insurance filed 28 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Ameritas Life Insurance pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Ameritas Life Insurance's H-1B filings is $117,400; half of filings fall between $111,038 and $125,000. Bonus and stock are not included.