Flexport

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 64 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Freight Transportation Arrangement
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$164,627+34% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$146k–$191k
Level II (mid-level) share39%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$137,259the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 100% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $164,627, median prevailing wage $137,259.

Is your Flexport offer competitive?

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

10th $114.3k25th $146kmedian $164.6k75th $191k90th $219.3k

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

What Flexport hires for

Bar: share of Flexport's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 92% of filings (15 occupations in total).

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$175,00033

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Flexport.

Pay by level

$156.2kLevel I
Entry-level · 16% of filings
$159.3kLevel II
Mid-level · 39% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 13% of filings
$210kLevel IV
Expert · 31% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $156,150 10
Mid-level · Level II $159,263 24
Senior · Level III too few 8
Expert · Level IV $210,000 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Flexport files

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

Show all 2 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Seattle, WA$175,00035
San Francisco, CA$178,16915

Salary details

Median salary$164,627
Middle 50%$146k–$191k
vs. all employers+34%comparison median $122,699
Filings64FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $84,076 and $251,806.
PercentileSalary
10th$114,300
25th$146,023
50th (median)$164,627
75th$190,967
90th$219,288

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $160k $190k FY2020: median $150,000 (47 filings) FY2021: median $160,000 (55 filings) FY2022: median $150,000 (120 filings) FY2023: median $175,000 (143 filings) FY2024: median $171,445 (30 filings) FY2025: median $163,527 (37 filings) FY2026: median $165,140 (27 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 47 filings FY20 FY2021: 55 filings FY21 FY2022: 120 filings FY22 FY2023: 143 filings FY23 FY2024: 30 filings FY24 FY2025: 37 filings FY25 FY2026: 27 filings FY26 143
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$150,000$115,000$170,46347
FY2021$160,000$133,000$185,00055
FY2022$150,000$127,000$187,000120
FY2023$175,000$140,000$200,000143
FY2024$171,445$123,500$199,40630
FY2025$163,527$148,871$202,80037
FY2026$165,140$130,000$183,65027

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$164,627
Median prevailing wage$137,259
Median difference+14.6%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.

Job titles at Flexport

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Software Engineer$165,301$147.1k–$176.5k15

Job titles as written on the filings, with at least 10 filings. Middle 50%: 25th–75th percentile.

About Flexport

Flexport's filings list its industry as Freight Transportation Arrangement (Transportation and Warehousing sector, NAICS 4885). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Francisco, CA 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 Systems Engineer / Architect and the main metro areas are Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Questions

Does Flexport sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Flexport filed 64 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 Flexport pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Flexport's H-1B filings is $164,627; half of filings fall between $146,023 and $190,967. Bonus and stock are not included.