H-1B and green card employer
Google LLC
Mountain View, CA NAICS 541512
Google's new-hire H-1B offers average 2.3 lottery entries, against 2.1 for all employers.
8,234certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$193,102median offer · middle half $167k to $217k
6%7,339 vs. 7,789 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
1certified 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 Google's offers
4,177 new-employment LCAs · OFLC 2026-27Of every 100 new-employment filings at Google:
26 get one entry
36 get two entries
22 get three entries
16 get four entries
Compared with all employers
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
On the 2025-26 table, used for the March 2026 registration, the same offers average 2.3 entries (19% at Level IV).
Level stated vs level reached
all certified LCAs vs new-employment offersThe level an employer writes on the LCA is the prevailing-wage floor it chose for the job. The salary it offers can sit higher. The lottery counts the salary.
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
What Google offers
8,234 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 50 LCAs = 100 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
7,339 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$193,000 FY2026
Certified green card cases
1 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 5,475 | $194,000 |
| Data Scientists | 485 | $196,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 405 | $198,992 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 332 | $206,000 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | 269 | $188,000 |
| Sales Engineers | 215 | $171,000 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 136 | $169,000 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 110 | $281,000 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 2,605 | $200,000 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 2,212 | $200,000 |
| New York, NY | 821 | $199,498 |
| Kirkland, WA | 549 | $177,000 |
| Seattle, WA | 335 | $175,000 |
| San Bruno, CA | 291 | $195,000 |
| San Francisco, CA | 273 | $196,000 |
| Austin, TX | 169 | $156,000 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4,381 | 15 | $123,614 |
| FY2024 | 1,607 | 4 | $119,350 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 1 | 0 | – |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Program Manager V | $310,000 | |
| Senior, Technical Solutions Consultant | $177,000 | |
| Network Implementation Engineer | $152,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $196,000 | |
| Data Scientist | $246,000 | |
| Manager, Software Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer | $243,000 | |
| Technical Program Manager II | $169,000 | |
| Engineering Analyst | $212,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $180,000 | |
| Director, Software Engineering | $456,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $250,000 | |
| Program Manager | $179,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $232,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $205,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $245,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $180,000 | |
| Data Scientist - Product | $189,000 | |
| Senior Software Engineer | $232,000 | |
| Senior Software Engineer | $232,000 | |
| Director, Technical Program Management | $375,000 | |
| Silicon Design Verification Engineer | $222,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $217,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $154,000 | |
| Product Strategy and Operations Lead | $242,000 | |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | $230,000 |