What Caterpillar certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 258 wage filings Caterpillar certified to the U.S. Department of Labor in fiscal 2026 (October 2025 through June 2026) — 1,498 across every year on record. Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Most-filed role: Software Developers, $108K–$132K base, median $128K (108 filings).
Related record: Caterpillar’s full H-1B sponsor file
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Software Developers at Caterpillar
108 filingsElectrical Engineers at Caterpillar
41 filingsMechanical Engineers at Caterpillar
38 filingsData Scientists at Caterpillar
14 filingsValidation Engineers at Caterpillar
12 filingsMedian by state
| IL | 209 filings | $112K |
| TX | 28 filings | $130K |
| AZ | 8 filings | $107K |
| IN | 3 filings | $126K |
| PA | 2 filings | $146K |
| MS | 1 filings | $89K |
| SC | 1 filings | $82K |
| VA | 1 filings | $131K |
Median by seniority level
| Level II · Qualified | 83 filings | $93K |
| Level III · Experienced | 45 filings | $111K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 118 filings | $131K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Caterpillar certifies 1,498 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.
Median offer sits essentially at the required minimum.
The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.
vs. $100K prevailing-wage floor.
Seniority mix (OES wage level)
Filing volume by fiscal year
Filed across 4 legal entities under this brand — largest: Caterpillar Inc. (1,041).
Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.
Green-card sponsorship record
Caterpillar has 722 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume rising. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?
All fiscal years on record · applications, not people
Of 733 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (722 vs 1,498) — filings and applications, not headcount
Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.
Two public records, side by side
What Caterpillar filed with state workforce agencies, next to what it filed with the U.S. Department of Labor in the same period. The record speaks for itself.
Caterpillar filed 3 WARN notices in IL, KS, SC between Aug 9, 2024 and Jan 31, 2025, covering at least 169 workers per the published counts (source: official state WARN filings). They are matched by the employer name on each notice; not confirmed in federal filings.
- Jan 31, 2025· IL· 60 workersOfficial source
- Nov 12, 2024· KS· workers not publishedOfficial source
- Aug 9, 2024· SC· 109 workersOfficial source
In the same period, DOL received 44 permanent-residency (PERM) applications from the employer that were later certified (source: DOL OFLC, Form ETA-9089 disclosure data).
The PERM layoff question (Form ETA-9089, Section G) is scoped to the specific occupation and area of intended employment — it is not evidence of a company-wide layoff, and an application without the attestation is not a contradiction of a WARN notice. The two records are shown side by side without asserting any causal link. PERM disclosures lag receipt — applications received recently are largely still pending, so in-window certified counts are floors, not totals.
What this data is — and isn't
These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what Caterpillar pays — not total compensation. Our sources.
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