UPS Worldwide Forwarding

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

Last filed FY2026 Q2
  • Business Support Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: Louisville, KY
Median base salary$117,138−5% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$108.9k–$122.2k
Level III (senior) share58%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$105,227the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $93.4k25th $108.9kmedian $117.1k75th $122.2k90th $142.9k

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

What UPS Worldwide Forwarding hires for

Bar: share of UPS Worldwide Forwarding's filings. Figure: median base salary.

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$117,45216

Jobs with at least 10 filings at UPS Worldwide Forwarding.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 5% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 37% of filings
$117.1kLevel III
Senior · 58% of filings
–Level IV
Expert · 0% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 7
Senior · Level III $117,138 11
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where UPS Worldwide Forwarding files

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

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Metro areaMedianFilings
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY$116,56816

Salary details

Median salary$117,138
Middle 50%$108.9k–$122.2k
vs. all employers−5%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 $81,957 and $173,449.
PercentileSalary
10th$93,351
25th$108,877
50th (median)$117,138
75th$122,214
90th$142,853

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $110k $130k FY2023: median $100,320 (13 filings) FY2024: median $116,310 (14 filings) FY2025: median $119,370 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 0 filings FY21 FY2022: 4 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 14
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–––0
FY2021–––0
FY2022–––4
FY2023$100,320$97,677$111,00013
FY2024$116,310$100,986$123,64514
FY2025$119,370$113,682$124,42512
FY2026–––7

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$117,138
Median prevailing wage$105,227
Median difference+4.7%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage5%

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 UPS Worldwide Forwarding

UPS Worldwide Forwarding's filings list its industry as Business Support Services (Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector, NAICS 5614). Its main U.S. filing address is in Louisville, KY and its filings in the data run from FY2022 to FY2026 Q2. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, QA Engineer and Data Scientist and the main metro areas are Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, Atlanta, GA and New York, NY. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does UPS Worldwide Forwarding sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. UPS Worldwide Forwarding 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 Q2. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does UPS Worldwide Forwarding pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on UPS Worldwide Forwarding's H-1B filings is $117,138; half of filings fall between $108,877 and $122,214. Bonus and stock are not included.