Cedar Cares

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 18 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Insurance Carriers
  • Main U.S. filing address: New York, NY
Median base salary$185,000+51% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$171.3k–$210k
Level IV (expert) share67%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$150,405the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $158.2k25th $171.3kmedian $185k75th $210k90th $227.6k

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

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 6% of filings
–Level II
Mid-level · 0% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 28% of filings
$187.5kLevel IV
Expert · 67% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV $187,500 12

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Cedar Cares files

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

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
New York, NY$192,50012

Salary details

Median salary$185,000
Middle 50%$171.3k–$210k
vs. all employers+51%comparison median $122,699
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,850 and $246,600.
PercentileSalary
10th$158,175
25th$171,250
50th (median)$185,000
75th$210,000
90th$227,620

Salary by year

Median salary

$140k $170k $200k FY2021: median $165,000 (14 filings) FY2022: median $167,500 (14 filings) FY2023: median $180,000 (10 filings) FY2025: median $190,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 14 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 14
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–––4
FY2021$165,000$135,000$172,50014
FY2022$167,500$152,500$180,00014
FY2023$180,000$146,250$192,87510
FY2024–––9
FY2025$190,000$185,000$210,00011
FY2026–––7

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$185,000
Median prevailing wage$150,405
Median difference+24.3%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 Cedar Cares

Cedar Cares's filings list its industry as Insurance Carriers (Finance and Insurance sector, NAICS 5241). Its main U.S. filing address is in New York, NY 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 Scientist and Management Consultant and the main metro areas are New York, NY, Austin, TX and Boston, MA. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Cedar Cares sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Cedar Cares filed 18 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 Cedar Cares pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Cedar Cares's H-1B filings is $185,000; half of filings fall between $171,250 and $210,000. Bonus and stock are not included.