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What Workday certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 1,493 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: Workday’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

819 filings
p25 · $135Kmedian · $154Kp75 · $164K

Software Developers, Applications

317 filings
p25 · $122Kmedian · $131Kp75 · $153K

Computer and Information Systems Managers

56 filings
p25 · $175Kmedian · $188Kp75 · $198K

Information Technology Project Managers

43 filings
p25 · $125Kmedian · $131Kp75 · $154K

Data Scientists

41 filings
p25 · $126Kmedian · $136Kp75 · $160K

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

41 filings
p25 · $111Kmedian · $126Kp75 · $146K

Computer Systems Analysts

35 filings
p25 · $105Kmedian · $121Kp75 · $141K

Information Security Analysts

23 filings
p25 · $130Kmedian · $156Kp75 · $165K

Median by state

CA1,054 filings$155K
GA209 filings$118K
CO74 filings$133K
OR32 filings$123K
MA24 filings$130K
TX19 filings$140K
WA16 filings$153K
OH15 filings$101K

Median by seniority level

Level II · Qualified1,316 filings$143K
Level III · Experienced27 filings$176K
Level IV · Fully competent86 filings$200K

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

H-1B sponsorship profile

Workday certifies 1,493 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
+9%

Median certified offer runs 9% above the floor.

Filings paid above the floor
67%

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

Median offered · floor
$147K

vs. $124K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level II · Qualified92%
Level III · Experienced2%
Level IV · Fully competent6%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 484FY23 256FY24 383FY25 324FY26 46

Filed across 2 legal entities under this brand — largest: Workday, Inc. (1,189).

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

Workday has 1,015 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume steady. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?

Certified PERM applications
1,015

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
0%

Of 1,020 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
68 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (1,015 vs 1,493) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
130
FY2021
76
FY2022
159
FY2023
142
FY2024
132
FY2025
60
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers, Applications · 510Software Developers · 205Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers · 45Software Developers, Systems Software · 40Computer and Information Systems Managers · 29Computer Systems Analysts · 26

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 Workday pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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