Kohls

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 22 certified filings (FY2025)

Last filed FY2025 Q4
  • Department Stores
  • Main U.S. filing address: Menomonee Falls, WI
Median base salary$165,000+34% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$146.3k–$190k
Level IV (expert) share45%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$131,893the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $114.2k25th $146.3kmedian $165k75th $190k90th $199.5k

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

What Kohls hires for

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

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$185,00015

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Kohls.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 9% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 23% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 23% of filings
$165kLevel IV
Expert · 45% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 5
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV $165,000 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$165,000
Middle 50%$146.3k–$190k
vs. all employers+34%comparison median $122,699
Filings22FY2025 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $106,050 and $210,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$114,200
25th$146,250
50th (median)$165,000
75th$190,000
90th$199,500

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$165,000
Median prevailing wage$131,893
Median difference+25.3%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 Kohls

Kohls's filings list its industry as Department Stores (Retail Trade sector, NAICS 4551). Its main U.S. filing address is in Menomonee Falls, WI and its filings in the data are from FY2025. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Data Scientist and Marketing Manager and the main metro areas are Milwaukee, WI, Dallas, TX and Austin, TX. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Kohls sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Kohls filed 22 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2025 Q4. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Kohls pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Kohls's H-1B filings is $165,000; half of filings fall between $146,250 and $190,000. Bonus and stock are not included.