Cars.com

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 21 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: Chicago, IL
Median base salary$156,998+28% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$140k–$165.6k
Level IV (expert) share65%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$132,434the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $131.8k25th $140kmedian $157k75th $165.6k90th $198.2k

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

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 10% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 10% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 15% of filings
$165.4kLevel IV
Expert · 65% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III too few 3
Expert · Level IV $165,408 13

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$156,998
Middle 50%$140k–$165.6k
vs. all employers+28%comparison median $122,699
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $123,648 and $202,493.
PercentileSalary
10th$131,840
25th$140,000
50th (median)$156,998
75th$165,600
90th$198,172

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $125k $160k FY2020: median $119,505 (10 filings) FY2021: median $107,500 (16 filings) FY2023: median $150,731 (14 filings) FY2024: median $142,308 (10 filings) FY2025: median $148,526 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 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$119,505$106,250$134,32210
FY2021$107,500$92,500$131,87416
FY2022–––8
FY2023$150,731$131,000$181,85714
FY2024$142,308$110,323$166,71410
FY2025$148,526$138,488$157,43013
FY2026–––8

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$156,998
Median prevailing wage$132,434
Median difference+22.3%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage10%

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 Cars.com

Cars.com's filings list its industry as Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (Information sector, NAICS 5182). Its main U.S. filing address is in Chicago, IL and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Data Scientist, Software Engineer and Systems Engineer / Architect and the main metro areas are Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX and Memphis, TN. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Cars.com sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Cars.com filed 21 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 Cars.com pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Cars.com's H-1B filings is $156,998; half of filings fall between $140,000 and $165,600. Bonus and stock are not included.