What Intel certifies it pays.
Base-pay bands from 1,732 wage filings Intel certified to the U.S. Department of Labor in fiscal 2026 (October 2025 through June 2026) — 16,661 across every year on record. Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.
Most-filed role: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, $122K–$156K base, median $136K (581 filings).
Related record: Intel’s full H-1B sponsor file
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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer at Intel
581 filingsMaterials Engineers at Intel
416 filingsSoftware Developers at Intel
370 filingsArchitectural and Engineering Managers at Intel
154 filingsStatisticians at Intel
50 filingsIndustrial Engineers at Intel
44 filingsComputer and Information Research Scientists at Intel
31 filingsComputer Hardware Engineers at Intel
28 filingsMedian by state
| OR | 699 filings | $133K |
| CA | 488 filings | $162K |
| AZ | 244 filings | $124K |
| TX | 151 filings | $136K |
| NM | 58 filings | $96K |
| MA | 24 filings | $148K |
| WA | 23 filings | $152K |
| CO | 19 filings | $117K |
Median by seniority level
| Level I · Entry | 14 filings | $130K |
| Level II · Qualified | 483 filings | $117K |
| Level III · Experienced | 705 filings | $146K |
| Level IV · Fully competent | 149 filings | $199K |
OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.
H-1B sponsorship profile
Intel certifies 16,661 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. $115K prevailing-wage floor.
Seniority mix (OES wage level)
Filing volume by fiscal year
Filed across 1 legal entity under this brand — largest: Intel Corporation (16,661).
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
Intel has 18,025 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?
All fiscal years on record · applications, not people
Of 18,487 decided applications (certified + denied)
Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (18,025 vs 16,661) — 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 Intel 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.
Intel filed 41 WARN notices in AZ, CA, NM, OR, PA, TX between Oct 15, 2024 and Sep 30, 2026, covering at least 6,597 workers per the published counts (source: official state WARN filings). 37 are tied to the employer's federal filings; the rest are matched by the employer name on the notice.
- Sep 30, 2026· CA· 5 workersOfficial source
- Sep 30, 2026· CA· 1 workersOfficial source
- Sep 30, 2026· CA· 22 workersOfficial source
In the same period, DOL received 34 permanent-residency (PERM) applications from the employer that were later certified, of which 26 attested to a layoff in the same occupation and area within the preceding six months (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 Intel pays — not total compensation. Our sources.
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