Happy Returns

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 14 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Warehouse Clubs, Supercenters, and Other General Merchandise Retailers
Median base salary$189,630+55% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$150k–$203.3k
Level IV (expert) share64%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$149,760the required minimum for these jobs and places

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

10th $135.8k25th $150kmedian $189.6k75th $203.3k90th $210.6k

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

What Happy Returns hires for

Bar: share of Happy Returns's filings. Figure: median base salary.

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$192,50713

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Happy Returns.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 3
Mid-level · Level II too few 1
Senior · Level III too few 1
Expert · Level IV too few 9

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$189,630
Middle 50%$150k–$203.3k
vs. all employers+55%comparison median $122,699
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $130,681 and $213,663.
PercentileSalary
10th$135,845
25th$150,006
50th (median)$189,630
75th$203,300
90th$210,561

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$189,630
Median prevailing wage$149,760
Median difference+18.1%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 Happy Returns

Happy Returns's filings list its industry as Warehouse Clubs, Supercenters, and Other General Merchandise Retailers (Retail Trade sector, NAICS 4552). Its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer and Data Scientist and the main metro areas are Seattle, WA, Atlanta, GA and Austin, TX. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Happy Returns sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Happy Returns filed 14 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 Happy Returns pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Happy Returns's H-1B filings is $189,630; half of filings fall between $150,006 and $203,300. Bonus and stock are not included.