Five Below

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

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Main U.S. filing address: Philadelphia, PA
Median base salary$160,000+30% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$152.4k–$189.7k
Level IV (expert) share63%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$149,386the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $145.9k25th $152.4kmedian $160k75th $189.7k90th $208.5k

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

What Five Below hires for

Bar: share of Five Below's filings. Figure: median base salary.

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$153,18911

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Five Below.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 4% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 8% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 25% of filings
$168.9kLevel IV
Expert · 63% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III too few 6
Expert · Level IV $168,873 15

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$160,000
Middle 50%$152.4k–$189.7k
vs. all employers+30%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 $132,836 and $253,100.
PercentileSalary
10th$145,940
25th$152,392
50th (median)$160,000
75th$189,722
90th$208,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $155k $180k FY2022: median $167,500 (14 filings) FY2023: median $156,463 (12 filings) FY2025: median $155,210 (13 filings) FY2026: median $168,873 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 3 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 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–––3
FY2021–––7
FY2022$167,500$156,250$183,10514
FY2023$156,463$146,530$165,75012
FY2024–––5
FY2025$155,210$150,000$172,50813
FY2026$168,873$160,000$198,44511

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$160,000
Median prevailing wage$149,386
Median difference+10.4%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage0%

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 Five Below

Five Below's filings list its industry in the Retail Trade sector (NAICS 45). Its main U.S. filing address is in Philadelphia, PA 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, IT Manager and Data Engineer and the main metro areas are Philadelphia, PA, Dallas, TX and Charlotte, NC. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Five Below sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Five Below 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 Five Below pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Five Below's H-1B filings is $160,000; half of filings fall between $152,392 and $189,722. Bonus and stock are not included.