Cengage Learning

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 24 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
  • Main U.S. filing address: Mason, OH
Median base salary$142,512+16% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$122.2k–$159.2k
Level IV (expert) share30%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$133,744the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $104.2k25th $122.2kmedian $142.5k75th $159.2k90th $187k

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

What Cengage Learning hires for

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

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$157,00011

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Cengage Learning.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 5
Mid-level · Level II too few 5
Senior · Level III too few 6
Expert · Level IV too few 7

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$142,512
Middle 50%$122.2k–$159.2k
vs. all employers+16%comparison median $122,699
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $93,914 and $550,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$104,209
25th$122,176
50th (median)$142,512
75th$159,232
90th$186,979

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $115k $150k FY2020: median $102,856 (55 filings) FY2021: median $99,318 (15 filings) FY2022: median $132,500 (19 filings) FY2023: median $122,720 (21 filings) FY2025: median $139,797 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 55 filings FY20 FY2021: 15 filings FY21 FY2022: 19 filings FY22 FY2023: 21 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 55
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$102,856$84,770$128,14555
FY2021$99,318$90,000$116,91615
FY2022$132,500$104,376$143,92319
FY2023$122,720$95,000$147,00021
FY2024–––6
FY2025$139,797$120,751$159,92015
FY2026–––9

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$142,512
Median prevailing wage$133,744
Median difference+14.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage8%

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 Cengage Learning

Cengage Learning's filings list its industry as Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (Information sector, NAICS 5131). Its main U.S. filing address is in Mason, OH 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, QA Engineer and Data Scientist and the main metro areas are Boston, MA, Detroit, MI and Raleigh, NC. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Cengage Learning sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Cengage Learning filed 24 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 Cengage Learning pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Cengage Learning's H-1B filings is $142,512; half of filings fall between $122,176 and $159,232. Bonus and stock are not included.