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What Cvs Pharmacy certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 1,744 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.

Related record: Cvs Pharmacy’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

1,142 filings
p25 · $127Kmedian · $140Kp75 · $158K

Software Developers, Applications

221 filings
p25 · $115Kmedian · $130Kp75 · $144K

Statisticians

87 filings
p25 · $123Kmedian · $144Kp75 · $165K

Data Scientists

52 filings
p25 · $110Kmedian · $128Kp75 · $151K

Operations Research Analysts

33 filings
p25 · $106Kmedian · $120Kp75 · $134K

Information Technology Project Managers

33 filings
p25 · $117Kmedian · $123Kp75 · $129K

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

31 filings
p25 · $91Kmedian · $115Kp75 · $129K

Computer and Information Systems Managers

29 filings
p25 · $144Kmedian · $159Kp75 · $200K

Median by state

RI445 filings$130K
TX429 filings$137K
IL131 filings$145K
AZ128 filings$135K
MA82 filings$136K
NJ79 filings$145K
NC71 filings$130K
GA63 filings$150K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry71 filings$102K
Level II · Qualified337 filings$118K
Level III · Experienced569 filings$132K
Level IV · Fully competent763 filings$156K

OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.

H-1B sponsorship profile

Cvs Pharmacy certifies 1,744 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.

Offered vs. prevailing floor
+11%

Median certified offer runs 11% above the floor.

Filings paid above the floor
99%

The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.

Median offered · floor
$136K

vs. $124K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry4%
Level II · Qualified19%
Level III · Experienced33%
Level IV · Fully competent44%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 436FY23 505FY24 346FY25 399FY26 58

Filed across 3 legal entities under this brand — largest: CVS Pharmacy Inc. (1,080).

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

Cvs Pharmacy has 526 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?

Certified PERM applications
526

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
1%

Of 531 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
30 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (526 vs 1,744) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
13
FY2021
22
FY2022
56
FY2023
56
FY2024
24
FY2025
150
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers · 144Software Developers, Applications · 131Computer Systems Analysts · 37Computer Occupations, All Other · 27Data Scientists · 23Computer and Information Systems Managers · 22

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.

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 Cvs Pharmacy pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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