Estes Express Lines

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 16 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Specialized Freight Trucking
  • Main U.S. filing address: Richmond, VA
Median base salary$122,991+0% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$99.8k–$131.3k
Level III (senior) share31%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$110,407the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $89.6k25th $99.8kmedian $123k75th $131.3k90th $147k

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV too few 3

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Estes Express Lines files

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

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Richmond, VA$127,44712

Salary details

Median salary$122,991
Middle 50%$99.8k–$131.3k
vs. all employers+0%comparison median $122,699
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $74,898 and $163,250.
PercentileSalary
10th$89,613
25th$99,793
50th (median)$122,991
75th$131,305
90th$146,972

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $120k $140k FY2022: median $115,690 (14 filings) FY2024: median $125,000 (13 filings) FY2025: median $125,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 4 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 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–––4
FY2022$115,690$108,437$127,50014
FY2023–––4
FY2024$125,000$121,359$133,86513
FY2025$125,000$98,350$135,30611
FY2026–––5

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$122,991
Median prevailing wage$110,407
Median difference+13.9%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage13%

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 Estes Express Lines

Estes Express Lines's filings list its industry as Specialized Freight Trucking (Transportation and Warehousing sector, NAICS 4842). Its main U.S. filing address is in Richmond, VA 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, Systems Engineer / Architect and Systems Analyst and the main metro areas are Richmond, VA, Dallas, TX and St. Louis, MO. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does Estes Express Lines sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Estes Express Lines filed 16 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 Estes Express Lines pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Estes Express Lines's H-1B filings is $122,991; half of filings fall between $99,793 and $131,305. Bonus and stock are not included.