H-1B and green card employer
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Issaquah, WA NAICS 452311
117 certified H-1B LCAs from Jul 2025 to Jun 2026, median offer $153,400.
117certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$153,400median offer · middle half $143k to $170k
27%84 vs. 115 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
50certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Lottery entries at Costco Wholesale's offers
Fewer than 30 new-employment LCAs in this period, too few for an entry mix.
What Costco Wholesale offers
117 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 1 LCA = 2 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
84 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$151,650 FY2026
Certified green card cases
50 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 97 | $153,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 8 | $138,900 |
| Information Security Analysts | 5 | $212,000 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Issaquah, WA | 95 | $154,200 |
| Dallas, TX | 15 | $146,200 |
| Schaumburg, IL | 7 | $137,800 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | 0 | $135,000 |
| FY2024 | 11 | 0 | $130,000 |
| FY2025 | 47 | 0 | $141,500 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 50 | 0 | $147,350 |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| BI Engineer | $209,400 | |
| Software Engineer | $142,500 | |
| Software Engineer | $146,200 | |
| Platform Engineer | $185,200 | |
| Software Engineer | $159,500 | |
| Security Engineer | $175,100 | |
| Functional Analyst | $164,700 | |
| DevOps Engineer | $145,500 | |
| Software Engineer | $177,600 | |
| Quality Engineer | $132,500 | |
| Data Engineer | $155,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $189,200 | |
| DevOps Engineer | $165,300 | |
| BI Engineer | $146,900 | |
| Software Engineer | $154,200 | |
| Tax Accountant | $99,750 | |
| Data Scientist | $153,400 | |
| Data Engineer | $174,200 | |
| Functional Analyst | $144,800 | |
| Security Engineer | $212,200 | |
| Software Engineer | $147,500 | |
| Quality Engineer 3 | $137,800 | |
| Quality Engineer 3 | $137,600 | |
| Software Engineer | $151,100 | |
| BI Engineer | $143,400 |