Bandwidth

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 17 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Main U.S. filing address: Raleigh, NC
Median base salary$150,000+22% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$128.3k–$163.6k
Level II (mid-level) share47%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$135,408the required minimum for these jobs and places

Is your Bandwidth offer competitive?

Enter the base salary in your offer. We compare it with Bandwidth's certified filings for the same job.

10th $118.5k25th $128.3kmedian $150k75th $163.6k90th $170k

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

What Bandwidth hires for

Bar: share of Bandwidth's filings. Figure: median base salary.

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$132,70410

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Bandwidth.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 8
Senior · Level III too few 7
Expert · Level IV too few 1

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Bandwidth files

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

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Raleigh, NC$150,00017

Salary details

Median salary$150,000
Middle 50%$128.3k–$163.6k
vs. all employers+22%comparison median $122,699
Filings17FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $102,682 and $178,400.
PercentileSalary
10th$118,526
25th$128,344
50th (median)$150,000
75th$163,632
90th$170,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $135k $170k FY2021: median $117,208 (16 filings) FY2022: median $127,500 (14 filings) FY2025: median $158,750 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 16
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–––9
FY2021$117,208$110,000$124,75016
FY2022$127,500$116,250$145,00014
FY2023–––6
FY2024–––5
FY2025$158,750$127,278$167,95610
FY2026–––7

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$150,000
Median prevailing wage$135,408
Median difference+9.6%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage6%

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 Bandwidth

Bandwidth's filings list its industry in the Information sector (NAICS 51). Its main U.S. filing address is in Raleigh, NC 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, IT Manager and Network Architect and the main metro areas are Raleigh, NC. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Questions

Does Bandwidth sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Bandwidth filed 17 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 Bandwidth pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Bandwidth's H-1B filings is $150,000; half of filings fall between $128,344 and $163,632. Bonus and stock are not included.