H-1B Filings
156
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Retail Trade MN DOL H-1B OSHA ITA
Best Buy CO., INC.: H-1B Sponsorship Profile
Best Buy CO., INC. in MN (Retail Trade) is a sponsorship-and-safety profile: 156 H-1B LCAs plus an employer-specific OSHA injury record, with no WARN notices in this corpus.
Best Buy CO., INC. (MN): · 156 H-1B LCAs at a $158,540 disclosed median · OSHA Grade C (DART 3.02)
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Best Buy CO., INC. in MN carries 156 H-1B wage filings on record, a $158,540 median wage across 103 disclosed-wage positions (above the $124,488 national median), a middling C OSHA safety grade and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 156 H-1B LCAs
- $158,540 median wage
- Grade C OSHA
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #294 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 74th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 99th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 74th pct
- median wage rank
- 29%
- safer on DART than
- 14%
- cleaner WARN history than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and this employer's OSHA injury log; no WARN notices are on file here.
D
Federal workforce composite
47/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · Best Buy CO., INC.
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Sponsorship scale A+
156 H-1B LCAs
#294 of 51,370 sponsors · 99th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay B
$158,540 median
74th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety F
OSHA Grade C · DART 3.02
Safer than 29% of 214,554 employers with an OSHA ITA record
Layoff stability F
0 WARN notices
Cleaner WARN history than 14% of 304,376 tracked employers (state workforce agencies)
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
What changed between the two LCA fiscal years
- Best Buy CO., INC.'s disclosed H-1B petition count rose from 30 in FY2024 to 56 in FY2025 (+86.7%).
- Best Buy CO., INC.'s filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $149,925 in FY2024 to $165,008 in FY2025 (+10.1%).
Median H-1B Salary
$158,540
Above national median. Across 103 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade C · DART 3.02
Near industry average. vs 2.92 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
Where Best Buy CO., INC.'s H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$158,540 Top 26% higher than 74% of 272,125 US employers
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US employers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Best Buy CO., INC.'s H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+10.1% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
Government Data Summary
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | Best Buy CO., INC. | DOL OFLC / OSHA |
| Industry | Retail Trade | NAICS / DOL |
| State | MN | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 156 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $158,540 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | C | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 3.02 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| Tracks not on file | WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
Best Buy CO., INC.'s values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records on file for this employer in MN (Retail Trade). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #294 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 74th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 29% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Associate Tech Fellow & Sr Director of Engineering | $288,400 |
| Director AI Engineering | $235,000 |
| Associate Director, Product Management - AML | $229,386 |
| Director of Engineering | $227,700 |
| Director of Data Engineering | $226,600 |
| Engineering Director | $221,450 |
| Associate Director, Engineering | $220,137 |
| Associate Director, Principle Engineer, Supply Chain | $218,634 |
| Associate Director of Engineering | $203,503 |
| Senior AI Engineering Manager | $200,850 |
| Associate Director of Product Management | $200,000 |
| Senior Engineering Manager of Ad Engineering | $200,000 |
| Senior Services Developer | $199,875 |
| Principal Engineer | $199,649 |
| Engineering Associate Director | $198,279 |
| Lead Machine Learning Scientist/Engineer | $195,000 |
| Senior Engineering Manager - Best Buy Business | $193,844 |
| Engineering Senior Manager | $190,035 |
| Software Engineering Manager | $190,000 |
| Senior Full Stack Engineer | $189,243 |
| Senior Engineering Manager | $185,000 |
| Senior Data Scientist | $185,000 |
| Web Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud & Platform Messaging) | $184,689 |
| Engineering Senior Manager | $184,178 |
| Senior Engineering Manager | $184,155 |
| Staff Engineer | $183,578 |
| Network Engineering Manager | $181,230 |
| Staff Engineer | $180,300 |
| Lead Engineer | $178,422 |
| Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer | $176,652 |
| Senior Manager – Data Platform Engineering | $175,726 |
| Senior Engineer | $175,000 |
| Senior Engineering Manager - Subscriptions Team | $175,000 |
| Lead Engineer | $170,520 |
| Senior Reliability Service Manager | $170,520 |
| Sr. Eng. Mgr. - Purchase History and Order Detail Experience | $170,000 |
| Senior QA Engineer | $169,902 |
| Lead Engineer | $168,950 |
| Senior Full Stack Developer | $168,667 |
| Staff Engineer | $168,119 |
| Sr. Software Engineer–Data Transport Platforms & Enablement | $167,719 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $166,717 |
| Senior Engineer | $166,699 |
| Senior Engineer - Data Engineering | $166,460 |
| Engineering Manager | $164,440 |
| Senior Infrastructure Engineer | $164,440 |
| Engineering Manager - Consumer Apps | $161,460 |
| Engineering Manager - In Home Provider & Market Management | $160,761 |
| QE Automation Architect - Retail Media Network | $160,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Integration Platforms | $159,341 |
What the Data Says About Best Buy CO., INC.
Signature stat: H-1B volume
Best Buy CO., INC.'s most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 156 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 99% of sponsors in this corpus (#294 of 51,370).
Growing LCA footprint
FY2025 added 26 filings versus FY2024 (86.7%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
No WARN filings
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for Best Buy CO., INC. among Retail Trade employers we track.
Top-quartile disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs high: $158,540 median beats 74% of credible wage rows and sits above the $124,488 national median.
Rising disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $149,925 (FY2024) to $165,008 (FY2025) (+10.1%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Safety near sector average
DART 3 tracks close to the 2.9 sector average (Grade C).
OSHA Safety Record
Grade C DART Rate: 3.02 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 2.92)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
Best Buy CO., INC.'s DART rate (days away/restricted/transferred per 100 FTE) vs the hours-weighted 2-digit NAICS sector average from OSHA ITA 2022–2023 (Retail Trade).
Total reported injuries on file: 237.
Where Best Buy CO., INC. sits
This employer among Retail Trade H-1B peers
Across the 157 Retail Trade sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Best Buy CO., INC. files more petitions than 94% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 67%, the high-volume, above-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (156 filings · $158,540 median here).
Each muted dot is one retail trade peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is Best Buy CO., INC.. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How Best Buy CO., INC. compares to Retail Trade peers
Best Buy CO., INC.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Retail Trade (home state MN). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Best Buy CO., INC.
156 H-1B filings
WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.
2,614 H-1B filings
eBay Inc.
644 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for Best Buy CO., INC., both outside MN so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside MN (156 filings here).
- Dish Wireless LLC (CO) · 156 filings
- McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States (NY) · 156 filings
- Texas A&M University (TX) · 156 filings
- Navy Federal Credit Union (VA) · 155 filings
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside MN (DART 3.02 here).
- Advanced Mechanical Inc. (ND) · DART 3.02
- AmeriQual Group Holdings, LLC (GA) · DART 3.02
- ASCENSION ST MARYS HOSP (MI) · DART 3.02
- ATI Industrial Automation (NC) · DART 3.02
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
What to check before working with Best Buy CO., INC.
For Best Buy CO., INC., read sponsorship pay (156 H-1B LCAs, median $158,540) next to the OSHA safety grade (C).
- H-1B median is $158,540 across 103 disclosed-wage positions (of 156 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade C reflects a DART rate read against the Retail Trade average of 2.92 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
Best Buy CO., INC.'s figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Read with this employer
- WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. (AR) - 2,614 H-1B filings in the same Retail Trade roster
- eBay Inc. (CA) - 644 H-1B filings in the same Retail Trade roster
- Caremark LLC (RI) - 340 H-1B filings in the same Retail Trade roster
- Interpreting safety grades - how Best Buy CO., INC.'s OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like Best Buy CO., INC.'s when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put Best Buy CO., INC. next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where Best Buy CO., INC.'s #294 placement sits in the full federal roster.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Best Buy CO., INC.'s H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Best Buy CO., INC.'s disclosed median of $158,540 sits at the 74th percentile (above the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
How does Best Buy CO., INC.'s H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
Best Buy CO., INC. has 156 H-1B filings on record, ranking #294 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
What does Best Buy CO., INC.'s OSHA safety grade mean?
Best Buy CO., INC. carries Grade C from its establishment injury record (237 injuries on file; DART 3.02). That DART rate is safer than roughly 29% of 214,554 employers with an injury record in this corpus. Grades compare DART against industry averages, see the Interpreting Safety Grades guide.
Related guides: How OSHA safety grades are calculated · Using H-1B wage filings in salary negotiation
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.