Move

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 21 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Activities Related to Real Estate
  • Main U.S. filing address: Westlake Village, CA
Median base salary$189,932+55% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$157.3k–$218.1k
Level IV (expert) share50%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$153,046the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $135.1k25th $157.3kmedian $189.9k75th $218.1k90th $238.2k

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

What Move hires for

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

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$191,71412

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Move.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 5% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 15% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 30% of filings
$205kLevel IV
Expert · 50% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 3
Senior · Level III too few 6
Expert · Level IV $204,957 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$189,932
Middle 50%$157.3k–$218.1k
vs. all employers+55%comparison median $122,699
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $77,651 and $296,922.
PercentileSalary
10th$135,055
25th$157,299
50th (median)$189,932
75th$218,121
90th$238,208

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $165k $210k FY2020: median $138,000 (51 filings) FY2021: median $145,000 (86 filings) FY2022: median $150,000 (80 filings) FY2023: median $161,701 (25 filings) FY2024: median $156,588 (60 filings) FY2025: median $191,714 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 51 filings FY20 FY2021: 86 filings FY21 FY2022: 80 filings FY22 FY2023: 25 filings FY23 FY2024: 60 filings FY24 FY2025: 20 filings FY25 FY2026: 1 filings FY26 86
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$138,000$125,000$162,88351
FY2021$145,000$120,150$180,00086
FY2022$150,000$123,750$176,79080
FY2023$161,701$125,000$190,00025
FY2024$156,588$130,000$188,25660
FY2025$191,714$158,097$218,21220
FY2026–––1

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$189,932
Median prevailing wage$153,046
Median difference+24.1%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 Move

Move's filings list its industry as Activities Related to Real Estate (Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector, NAICS 5313). Its main U.S. filing address is in Westlake Village, 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, IT Manager and Market Research Analyst and the main metro areas are Austin, TX, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Move sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Move filed 21 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 Move pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Move's H-1B filings is $189,932; half of filings fall between $157,299 and $218,121. Bonus and stock are not included.