Particle Media

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 49 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: Mountain View, CA
Median base salary$171,704+40% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$119.8k–$182.5k
Level II (mid-level) share46%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$171,704the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Particle Media hires mid-level. 46% of its filings are Level II, compared with 42% across all H-1B employers.
  • Pays at a high floor. 69% of filings are at exactly the prevailing wage, which at Particle Media's jobs and locations has a median of $171,704.

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10th $110.5k25th $119.8kmedian $171.7k75th $182.5k90th $200.6k

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

What Particle Media hires for

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

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$172,93133

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Particle Media.

Pay by level

$117.7kLevel I
Entry-level · 30% of filings
$175kLevel II
Mid-level · 46% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 16% of filings
too fewLevel IV
Expert · 8% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $117,749 11
Mid-level · Level II $175,000 17
Senior · Level III too few 6
Expert · Level IV too few 3

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Particle Media files

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

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
San Jose, CA$172,93144

Salary details

Median salary$171,704
Middle 50%$119.8k–$182.5k
vs. all employers+40%comparison median $122,699
Filings49FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,921 and $264,514.
PercentileSalary
10th$110,481
25th$119,758
50th (median)$171,704
75th$182,478
90th$200,621

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $160k $190k FY2020: median $175,000 (12 filings) FY2021: median $172,936 (18 filings) FY2025: median $150,000 (27 filings) FY2026: median $178,391 (22 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 18 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 27 filings FY25 FY2026: 22 filings FY26 27
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$175,000$160,134$209,50012
FY2021$172,936$170,000$193,75018
FY2022–––9
FY2023–––7
FY2024–––6
FY2025$150,000$122,431$172,93127
FY2026$178,391$117,749$200,00022

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$171,704
Median prevailing wage$171,704
Median difference0.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage69%

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 Particle Media

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Software Engineer$172,931$120.9k–$175k29

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

About Particle Media

Particle Media's filings list its industry as Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (Information sector, NAICS 5182). Its main U.S. filing address is in Mountain View, 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 Market Research Analyst and the main metro areas are San Jose, CA, Seattle, WA and New York, NY. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Questions

Does Particle Media sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Particle Media filed 49 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 Particle Media pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Particle Media's H-1B filings is $171,704; half of filings fall between $119,758 and $182,478. Bonus and stock are not included.