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Does Meta Platforms, Inc sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Meta Platforms, Inc filed 24,340 certified H-1B LCAs between FY2022 and FY2026, with a median base salary of $198,940 — and is classified as H-1B dependent.

Certified LCAs

24,340

Median base wage

$198,940

Wage range

$175,000–$248,700

25th–90th pct

Top role

Software Engineer

11,469 filings

Meta Platforms, Inc H-1B salary distribution

Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.

25th
Median
75th
90th
Lowest
$77,397
25th
$175,000
Median
$198,940
Average
$199,691
90th
$248,700
Highest
$2,240,000

Based on 24,330 certified base wages, annualized.

H-1B filings by year

5,280
FY22
3,949
FY23
6,014
FY24
6,523
FY25
2,574
FY26

Meta Platforms, Inc H-1B salaries by job title

Median base salary by role. Click a role for the full breakdown.

Job title↕LCAs↕Median▼Range (25th–90th)↕
Director, Engineering7$344,869$331,415–$352,603
Director, Product Management8$334,396$329,168–$357,453
Technical Lead Manager7$290,359$242,770–$305,826
Software Engineer Manager10$272,611$264,581–$283,800
Manager, Engineering5$266,720$254,932–$279,948
Software Engineering Manager569$260,000$246,440–$285,000
Tech Lead Manager8$259,468$250,197–$278,994
Production Engineering Manager21$258,524$239,120–$274,000
Staff Software Engineer7$258,524$251,794–$271,606
Research Scientist Manager5$258,524$239,120–$262,213
Engineering Manager161$258,400$246,536–$289,151
Channel Strategy Manager5$256,762$243,672–$266,698
Data Engineering Manager, Analytics18$256,526$235,866–$276,251
Data Scientist Manager10$249,736$211,386–$265,015
Enterprise Engineering Manager14$246,757$202,818–$279,160
Research Manager5$246,297$225,284–$278,703
Product Strategy Lead7$241,239$216,729–$259,849
Manager, Technical Program Management8$240,520$219,712–$273,478
Data Science Manager99$239,120$206,285–$270,267
Product Design Manager12$237,262$216,577–$257,144
Data Engineering Manager81$237,020$206,854–$270,000
Dft Engineer6$230,000$176,250–$250,000
Product Marketing Lead11$229,070$222,071–$242,550
Developer Advocate6$228,025$196,500–$251,720
Electrical Engineer, Systems5$225,810$196,823–$240,377
Analytics Engineering Manager6$225,200$219,600–$230,362
Asic Engineer, Implementation13$224,294$200,000–$258,406
Product Manager549$224,000$206,780–$276,869
Research Scientist, Central Applied Science6$222,950$216,262–$245,571
Mechanical Engineer7$221,970$214,320–$232,508
Asic & Fpga Engineer5$220,671$220,671–$287,203
Product Strategy Manager6$220,634$215,600–$245,722
Data Analytics Manager5$220,118$198,984–$223,202
Manager, Product Growth14$219,800$183,889–$242,746
Senior Software Engineer42$219,716$214,008–$238,780
Internal Audit Manager8$216,769$197,907–$261,778
Operations Program Manager6$215,908$209,556–$251,571
Hardware Systems Engineer28$215,639$184,730–$252,699
Software Engineer, Machine Learning254$214,032$188,314–$245,588
Software Developer7$214,032$161,040–$293,118
Embedded Sw Engineer7$214,032$201,360–$237,981
Digital Design Engineer28$213,438$179,245–$256,956
Idc Program Manager7$211,934$192,197–$259,712
Creative Director9$211,672$204,586–$237,600
Manufacturing Quality Engineer13$211,416$200,339–$241,574
Application Manager, Salesforce6$210,736$197,868–$226,500
Machine Learning Engineer128$210,690$184,000–$236,103
Technical Program Manager347$210,000$194,040–$251,874
Embedded Software Engineer51$209,720$180,650–$253,904
Senior Data Engineer7$209,720$194,533–$222,800
Hardware Analytics Engineer7$209,662$173,258–$211,112
Planning & Capacity Engineer6$209,500$185,500–$257,500
Physical Design Engineer7$208,936$204,550–$244,956
Application Manager, Product Lifecycle Management6$208,422$188,434–$239,641
Software Engineer, Infrastructure17$207,502$193,000–$256,150
Production Systems Engineer12$207,500$170,250–$244,696
Application Manager22$207,218$192,265–$244,196
Offensive Security Engineer5$206,177$183,593–$211,119
Rf Engineer7$206,000$181,777–$246,906
Wireless Systems Engineer7$206,000$184,323–$224,333
Camera System Engineer7$205,898$157,070–$211,658
Documentation Engineer7$205,702$171,570–$216,790
Asic Engineer, Emulation10$205,343$191,750–$226,716
Research Engineer162$205,119$182,000–$251,160
Performance And Capacity Engineer49$204,981$178,000–$242,836
Preconstruction Manager9$204,820$180,000–$209,802
Product Quality Engineer10$204,068$168,750–$216,222
Product Cost Engineer10$203,000$193,000–$214,916
Systems Integration Engineer7$202,000$193,916–$219,498
Controls Engineer5$201,880$180,000–$215,580
Data Engineer, Product Analytics8$201,180$188,514–$224,734
Asic Engineer, Design Verification51$200,620$172,000–$252,000
Ai Research Scientist62$200,220$177,545–$233,200
Business Operations Manager9$200,000$190,000–$240,216
Applied Research Scientist44$199,916$180,358–$222,725
Software Development Engineer In Test8$199,071$191,584–$213,150
Software Engineer11,469$198,940$176,918–$237,736
Data Engineer Manager6$198,577$193,544–$260,750
Marketing Science Partner26$198,493$152,954–$239,601
Design Verification Engineer63$198,000$179,965–$232,715
Production Network Engineer29$198,000$172,480–$225,210
Optical Scientist24$197,657$169,329–$218,384
Data Scientist, Product Analytics59$197,627$185,271–$227,000
Front End Engineer96$197,265$173,482–$228,570
Product Design Prototyper6$197,217$189,434–$225,234
Product Growth Manager5$195,877$182,161–$198,351
Opto Mechanical Engineer7$195,608$182,304–$203,199
Solutions Architect8$195,447$164,354–$219,971
People Research Scientist5$195,291$175,865–$239,266
Network Engineer, Automation And Tooling9$195,020$195,020–$216,097
Product Marketing Manager36$195,000$183,202–$224,221
Optical Metrology Engineer7$194,968$165,500–$207,274
Data Engineer, Analytics91$194,914$179,000–$224,847
Database Engineer7$194,775$170,745–$226,152
Global Sales Analytics Lead10$194,500$165,154–$228,790
Decision Scientist17$194,040$150,000–$217,667
Automation Engineer5$194,040$190,080–$244,972
Linguistic Engineer6$194,000$183,550–$198,590
Strategic Sourcing Manager12$193,500$174,636–$209,688
Production Engineer560$193,000$168,300–$244,870
Business Engineer91$193,000$172,480–$218,076
Software Engineering21$193,000$166,155–$232,000
Security Engineer Investigator5$192,850$175,005–$234,314
Network Engineer60$192,325$171,860–$241,921
Product Designer317$191,765$168,436–$230,497
Computer Vision Engineer22$191,647$180,060–$218,972
Threat Investigator5$191,394$161,370–$205,918
Asic Engineer, Architecture23$191,134$176,926–$256,707
Manufacturing Test Engineer8$191,100$170,874–$205,896
Finance Manager7$191,100$160,130–$234,712
Privacy Program Manager40$190,008$180,604–$212,660
Thermal Engineer11$190,000$160,190–$246,666
Network Quantitative Engineer5$190,000$175,478–$199,000
Security Engineer61$189,140$172,000–$261,138
Data Scientist1,102$188,885$170,983–$225,000
Research Scientist1,746$188,796$175,841–$225,569
Data Engineer978$188,748$170,520–$222,114
Asic Engineer, Design32$187,948$184,000–$227,000
Data Science, Analytics6$187,387$174,140–$189,879
System Industrial Engineer8$187,000$164,631–$228,400
Systems Engineer7$187,000$165,139–$221,806
Software Development Engineer14$186,912$175,288–$215,600
Hardware Engineer18$186,500$177,750–$229,332
Marketing Researcher7$186,386$183,193–$226,436
User Experience Researcher31$186,200$169,984–$225,284
Silicon Engineer58$186,000$167,000–$227,000
Application Engineer11$185,696$183,478–$221,548
Asic Engineer, Physical Design8$185,500$167,000–$238,779
Machine Learning Software Engineer6$185,480$177,185–$199,218
Software Engineer, Ml6$185,292$176,396–$206,398
Product Design Engineer40$185,256$169,344–$213,446
Internal Software Engineer5$185,000$154,840–$205,279
Program Development Manager6$184,726$180,000–$209,000
Partner Engineer24$184,500$183,000–$222,525
Qa Engineer10$184,106$171,250–$200,800
Electrical Engineer57$184,020$160,930–$229,463
Qa Lead8$183,570$182,355–$192,979
Integrity Science Engineer9$183,000$178,360–$222,386
Research Scientist, Systems Ml - SW/HW Co-Design7$182,000$182,000–$182,000
Software Engineer, Product9$181,274$178,360–$213,273
Data Scientist, Analytics175$181,000$170,585–$225,000
Supply Chain Cost Analyst8$180,552$163,960–$199,261
Network Production Engineer20$180,180$150,128–$208,603
Product Risk Program Manager6$180,015$166,952–$227,711
Qa Engineering Lead63$180,000$170,000–$213,934
Business Engineer, Stability6$179,690$166,250–$208,828
Research Data Scientist64$178,690$163,688–$210,381
Ux Researcher55$178,525$158,000–$218,888
Software Engineer, Product - Monetization5$178,360$175,697–$220,255
Asic Engineer79$177,981$158,288–$215,042
Research Engineer, Capacity Engineering & Analysis5$177,442$177,442–$178,141
Privacy Engineer, Technical Audit9$177,000$169,000–$292,421
Hw Product Engineer5$177,000$168,560–$200,000
Data Scientist, Small Business Group8$176,857$161,500–$206,397
Analytics Engineer8$176,790$176,000–$217,691
System Validation Engineer6$176,753$171,439–$221,276
Enterprise Engineer110$176,406$158,686–$213,989
Reliability Engineer7$176,208$156,000–$206,950
Network Engineer, Corp7$176,003$159,416–$203,840
Security Program Manager8$175,000$154,365–$208,500
Network Hardware Engineer6$175,000$161,323–$209,737
Internal Software Engineer, Bpe8$174,711$172,165–$196,966
Product Policy Manager6$173,710$160,971–$203,976
Optical Engineer8$173,313$162,106–$186,842
Postdoctoral Researcher18$173,000$168,000–$176,000
Solutions Engineer10$173,000$164,131–$204,718
Visiting Researcher12$172,455$135,741–$196,000
Technical Idc Program Manager9$171,500$155,820–$223,132
Program Manager32$171,038$147,901–$220,224
Data Scientist, Product5$171,000$171,000–$209,990
Business Support Engineer14$170,601$165,000–$207,826
Privacy Engineer11$169,484$162,005–$214,032
Enterprise Systems Engineer17$168,861$165,000–$212,925
Firmware Engineer12$168,500$167,000–$223,138
Research Scientist (CDS)5$168,000$168,000–$171,428
Hardware Systems Engineer, Npi6$167,572$160,786–$186,500
Content Designer13$167,000$146,782–$228,149
Product Specialist10$165,681$144,185–$212,202
Rotational Software Engineer15$165,000$157,500–$168,000
Data Scientist, Auction Expert5$164,570$148,500–$206,000
Sourcing Manager7$164,050$132,104–$183,493
Application Engineer, Salesforce6$163,660$163,660–$206,509
Project Manager18$163,370$123,507–$196,833
Product Experience Analyst15$163,060$152,500–$190,072
Infrastructure Materials Manager14$162,681$148,296–$198,629
Product Growth Analyst90$162,517$150,720–$196,521
Network Security Engineer5$160,192$145,040–$212,119
Data Analyst, Bpe6$157,713$152,675–$162,000
Technical Artist7$156,800$149,000–$205,609
Data Analyst53$155,000$143,177–$199,904
Technical Solutions Consultant5$154,840$154,840–$163,000
Marketing Infrastructure Manager5$154,840$154,840–$183,621
Payments Data Analyst5$154,840$134,505–$189,595
Supply Chain Analyst9$153,429$149,564–$197,226
Project Manager, Product Data Operations11$151,061$135,584–$207,956
Technical Analyst5$150,000$135,000–$157,784
Business Integrity Associate9$149,940$119,728–$154,376
Workforce Analyst7$147,000$122,214–$175,694
Data Developer7$146,326$138,000–$181,605
Security Analyst5$145,530$143,000–$172,380
Network Engineer, Deployment & Support23$145,000$124,540–$199,618
Growth Marketing Manager8$143,275$125,000–$223,510
Finance Associate5$139,757$135,000–$156,000
Production Engineering5$139,000$139,000–$202,000
Rotational Production Network Engineer5$138,000$138,000–$170,000
Business Analyst12$137,922$132,197–$190,070
Client Solutions Manager7$136,260$118,000–$175,155
Product Manager, Rotational8$132,577$128,411–$137,071
Product Operations Manager, Development6$132,144$125,205–$153,146
Ai Resident6$126,500$123,250–$129,500
Operations Research Analysts27$119,371$98,779–$147,305
Product Development Specialist11$117,842$110,000–$137,000
Siteops Data Center Production Operations Engineer8$116,493$108,001–$145,958
Data Center Production Operations Engineer9$104,978$88,962–$136,569

Where Meta Platforms, Inc files H-1B petitions

Menlo Park, CA · 10,221Bellevue, WA · 2,762New York, NY · 2,649Seattle, WA · 1,760Sunnyvale, CA · 1,508Burlingame, CA · 999Redmond, WA · 527Austin, TX · 527Fremont, CA · 485San Francisco, CA · 475Los Angeles, CA · 153Cambridge, MA · 130Pittsburgh, PA · 92San Jose, CA · 63Jersey City, NJ · 62

Meta Platforms, Inc H-1B: frequently asked questions

Does Meta Platforms, Inc sponsor H-1B visas?+

Yes. Meta Platforms, Inc has filed 24,340 certified Labor Condition Applications for H-1B workers across FY2022–FY2026, with a median base salary of $198,940.

What is the average H-1B salary at Meta Platforms, Inc?+

The median certified H-1B base salary at Meta Platforms, Inc is $198,940, ranging from $175,000 (25th percentile) to $248,700 (90th percentile). Base wage only — bonuses and stock are excluded.

What jobs does Meta Platforms, Inc sponsor for H-1B?+

The most common sponsored roles are Software Engineer, Research Scientist, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Software Engineering Manager.

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