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What Expedia certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 2,009 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: Expedia’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

889 filings
p25 · $127Kmedian · $137Kp75 · $157K

Software Developers, Applications

269 filings
p25 · $119Kmedian · $125Kp75 · $141K

Computer and Information Systems Managers

264 filings
p25 · $165Kmedian · $185Kp75 · $211K

Data Scientists

152 filings
p25 · $111Kmedian · $118Kp75 · $143K

Information Technology Project Managers

132 filings
p25 · $113Kmedian · $126Kp75 · $138K

Information Technology Project Managers

55 filings
p25 · $97Kmedian · $107Kp75 · $119K

Software Developers, Systems Software

34 filings
p25 · $119Kmedian · $128Kp75 · $141K

Marketing Managers

24 filings
p25 · $136Kmedian · $155Kp75 · $172K

Median by state

WA1,245 filings$141K
TX465 filings$128K
IL164 filings$125K
CA84 filings$156K
FL12 filings$95K
CO9 filings$132K
NY6 filings$151K
MA5 filings$100K

Median by seniority level

Level II · Qualified638 filings$119K
Level III · Experienced566 filings$141K
Level IV · Fully competent589 filings$163K

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

H-1B sponsorship profile

Expedia certifies 2,009 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
At floor

Median offer sits essentially at the required minimum.

Filings paid above the floor
7%

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

Median offered · floor
$137K

vs. $136K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry0%
Level II · Qualified36%
Level III · Experienced32%
Level IV · Fully competent33%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 611FY23 380FY24 408FY25 516FY26 94

Filed across 1 legal entity under this brand — largest: Expedia, Inc. (2,009).

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

Expedia has 1,726 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?

Certified PERM applications
1,726

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
1%

Of 1,738 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
86 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (1,726 vs 2,009) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
95
FY2021
92
FY2022
100
FY2023
149
FY2024
176
FY2025
17
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers, Applications · 711Software Developers · 192Computer and Information Systems Managers · 159Computer Software Engineers, Applications · 95Software Developers, Systems Software · 68Computer Systems Analysts · 65

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 Expedia 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.

Record one · state WARN filings

Expedia filed 4 WARN notices in WA between May 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2026, covering at least 408 workers per the published counts (source: official state WARN filings).

Record two · DOL Form ETA-9089 (PERM)

In the same period, DOL received 29 permanent-residency (PERM) applications from the employer that were later certified (source: DOL OFLC, Form ETA-9089 disclosure data).

DOL OFLC 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 Expedia pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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