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What Salesforce certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 7,604 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: Salesforce’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

3,620 filings
p25 · $161Kmedian · $190Kp75 · $225K

Web Administrators

1,232 filings
p25 · $146Kmedian · $175Kp75 · $207K

Computer and Information Systems Managers

532 filings
p25 · $200Kmedian · $240Kp75 · $272K

Software Developers, Applications

333 filings
p25 · $145Kmedian · $170Kp75 · $200K

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

324 filings
p25 · $124Kmedian · $154Kp75 · $184K

Software Developers, Systems Software

245 filings
p25 · $156Kmedian · $180Kp75 · $214K

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

173 filings
p25 · $132Kmedian · $160Kp75 · $185K

Sales Engineers

166 filings
p25 · $125Kmedian · $155Kp75 · $182K

Median by state

CA3,439 filings$205K
WA1,285 filings$189K
TX847 filings$163K
MA259 filings$165K
IN242 filings$137K
NY227 filings$179K
GA218 filings$172K
NJ170 filings$199K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry89 filings$141K
Level II · Qualified1,877 filings$153K
Level III · Experienced3,511 filings$190K
Level IV · Fully competent1,995 filings$216K

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

H-1B sponsorship profile

Salesforce certifies 7,604 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
+27%

Median certified offer runs 27% above the floor.

Filings paid above the floor
98%

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

Median offered · floor
$185K

vs. $140K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry1%
Level II · Qualified25%
Level III · Experienced47%
Level IV · Fully competent27%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 1,372FY23 1,801FY24 2,287FY25 1,821FY26 323

Filed across 2 legal entities under this brand — largest: Salesforce, Inc. (7,550).

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

Salesforce has 5,089 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
5,089

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
1%

Of 5,150 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
67 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (5,089 vs 7,604) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
491
FY2021
626
FY2022
488
FY2023
87
FY2024
809
FY2025
287
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers, Applications · 1,630Software Developers, Systems Software · 633Software Developers · 611Computer Systems Analysts · 544Computer Systems Analysts · 267Computer and Information Systems Managers · 259

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 Salesforce 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

Salesforce filed 7 WARN notices in CA, OR, WA between Sep 26, 2024 and Oct 5, 2026, covering at least 775 workers per the published counts (source: official state WARN filings).

Record two · DOL Form ETA-9089 (PERM)

In the same period, DOL received 101 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 Salesforce pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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