Spire

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 19 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Natural Gas Distribution
  • Main U.S. filing address: St. Louis, MO
Median base salary$133,000+8% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$125.5k–$148.9k
Level IV (expert) share75%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$123,240the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $79.3k25th $125.5kmedian $133k75th $148.9k90th $154k

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

What Spire hires for

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

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$140,72010

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Spire.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 13% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 13% of filings
–Level III
Senior · 0% of filings
$144.8kLevel IV
Expert · 75% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV $144,788 12

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Spire files

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

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Metro areaMedianFilings
St. Louis, MO$140,00017

Salary details

Median salary$133,000
Middle 50%$125.5k–$148.9k
vs. all employers+8%comparison median $122,699
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $75,017 and $164,553.
PercentileSalary
10th$79,259
25th$125,505
50th (median)$133,000
75th$148,911
90th$153,990

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$133,000
Median prevailing wage$123,240
Median difference+8.7%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage11%

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 Spire

Spire's filings list its industry as Natural Gas Distribution (Utilities sector, NAICS 2212). Its main U.S. filing address is in St. Louis, MO 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, Civil Engineer and Systems Engineer / Architect and the main metro areas are St. Louis, MO and Birmingham, AL. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Spire sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Spire filed 19 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 Spire pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Spire's H-1B filings is $133,000; half of filings fall between $125,505 and $148,911. Bonus and stock are not included.