Care.com

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 20 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Other Personal Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: Austin, TX
Median base salary$142,000+16% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$135.7k–$165.1k
Level IV (expert) share40%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$132,267the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $120.6k25th $135.7kmedian $142k75th $165.1k90th $191.4k

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

What Care.com hires for

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

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$144,00011

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Care.com.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 5
Senior · Level III too few 7
Expert · Level IV too few 8

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$142,000
Middle 50%$135.7k–$165.1k
vs. all employers+16%comparison median $122,699
Filings20FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $101,520 and $239,752.
PercentileSalary
10th$120,600
25th$135,743
50th (median)$142,000
75th$165,075
90th$191,433

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $135k $160k FY2020: median $129,700 (12 filings) FY2021: median $132,500 (18 filings) FY2022: median $127,504 (12 filings) FY2023: median $148,176 (13 filings) FY2025: median $142,000 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 18 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 7 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 18
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$129,700$125,425$142,50012
FY2021$132,500$125,000$148,75018
FY2022$127,504$119,045$139,65312
FY2023$148,176$132,683$157,47713
FY2024–––7
FY2025$142,000$135,743$161,00016
FY2026–––4

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$142,000
Median prevailing wage$132,267
Median difference+7.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage5%

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 Care.com

Care.com's filings list its industry as Other Personal Services (Other Services (except Public Administration) sector, NAICS 8129). Its main U.S. filing address is in Austin, TX 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 Data Scientist and the main metro areas are Austin, TX, Dallas, TX and New York, NY. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Care.com sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Care.com filed 20 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 Care.com pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Care.com's H-1B filings is $142,000; half of filings fall between $135,743 and $165,075. Bonus and stock are not included.