Deel

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 90 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Business Support Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$150,480+23% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$110k–$188.2k
Level II (mid-level) share34%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$129,230the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 94% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $150,480, median prevailing wage $129,230.
  • 1st among the largest filers in its industry. Deel's median ($150,480) is above Moody's Analytics.

Is your Deel offer competitive?

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

10th $85k25th $110kmedian $150.5k75th $188.2k90th $225k

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

What Deel hires for

Bar: share of Deel's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 68% of filings (34 occupations in total).

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$170,00017

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Deel.

Pay by level

$85kLevel I
Entry-level · 17% of filings
$132kLevel II
Mid-level · 34% of filings
$177.5kLevel III
Senior · 27% of filings
$187.1kLevel IV
Expert · 22% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $85,000 15
Mid-level · Level II $132,000 31
Senior · Level III $177,500 24
Expert · Level IV $187,120 20

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Deel vs. industry peers

Median base salary, all jobs, FY2025–FY2026. Largest H-1B filers with the same industry code (NAICS 5614).

Where Deel files

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

Show all 2 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
New York, NY$170,00026
San Jose, CA$189,24010

Salary details

Median salary$150,480
Middle 50%$110k–$188.2k
vs. all employers+23%comparison median $122,699
Filings90FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $68,838 and $351,540.
PercentileSalary
10th$85,000
25th$110,000
50th (median)$150,480
75th$188,180
90th$225,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $145k $170k FY2023: median $155,500 (14 filings) FY2024: median $160,000 (34 filings) FY2025: median $134,000 (52 filings) FY2026: median $160,000 (38 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 4 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 34 filings FY24 FY2025: 52 filings FY25 FY2026: 38 filings FY26 52
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–––0
FY2021–––1
FY2022–––4
FY2023$155,500$101,250$191,00014
FY2024$160,000$113,329$198,93234
FY2025$134,000$109,500$180,70352
FY2026$160,000$111,250$193,56038

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$150,480
Median prevailing wage$129,230
Median difference+15.3%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 Deel

Deel's filings list its industry as Business Support Services (Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector, NAICS 5614). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Francisco, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2021 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Data Scientist and Market Research Analyst and the main metro areas are New York, NY, San Jose, CA and San Francisco, CA. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Questions

Does Deel sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Deel filed 90 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 Deel pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Deel's H-1B filings is $150,480; half of filings fall between $110,000 and $188,180. Bonus and stock are not included.