H-1B Filings
10
Established sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Utilities TX DOL H-1B OSHA ITA
Calpine Corporation: H-1B Sponsorship Profile
Calpine Corporation in TX (Utilities) is a sponsorship-and-safety profile: 10 H-1B LCAs plus an employer-specific OSHA injury record, with no WARN notices in this corpus.
Calpine Corporation (TX): · 10 H-1B LCAs at a $137,241 disclosed median · OSHA Grade F (DART 1.39)
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Calpine Corporation in TX carries 10 H-1B wage filings on record, a $137,241 median wage (above the $124,488 national median), a weak F OSHA safety grade and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 10 H-1B LCAs
- $137,241 median wage
- Grade F OSHA
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #5,046 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 89th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 60th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 89th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 60th pct
- median wage rank
- 48%
- 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
49/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · Calpine Corporation
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
10 H-1B LCAs
#5,046 of 51,370 sponsors · 89th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay C+
$137,241 median
60th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety D
OSHA Grade F · DART 1.39
Safer than 48% 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
- Calpine Corporation's filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $132,485 in FY2024 to $153,811 in FY2025 (+16.1%).
Median H-1B Salary
$137,241
Above national median. Across 10 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade F · DART 1.39
Riskier than industry average. vs 0.69 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
Where Calpine Corporation's H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$137,241 Top 40% higher than 60% of 272,125 US employers
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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Calpine Corporation's H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+16.1% 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 | Calpine Corporation | DOL OFLC / OSHA |
| Industry | Utilities | NAICS / DOL |
| State | TX | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 10 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $137,241 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | F | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 1.39 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| Tracks not on file | WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
Calpine Corporation's values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records on file for this employer in TX (Utilities). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #5,046 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 89th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 60th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 48% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Development Engineering Manager | $200,000 |
| IT Advisor | $159,125 |
| Mgr Information Services | $159,125 |
| Engineer III | $150,000 |
| Senior IS Analyst | $137,241 |
| IS Analyst III | $132,300 |
| Senior Web Developer | $130,398 |
| IS Analyst III | $130,000 |
| IS Analyst III | $127,308 |
| IS Analyst III | $127,308 |
What the Data Says About Calpine Corporation
Signature stat: H-1B volume
Calpine Corporation's most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 10 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 89% of sponsors in this corpus (#5,046 of 51,370).
Worse than sector norm
The establishment DART rate is 1.4, above the 0.7 sector norm (Grade F) across 37 reportable injuries on file.
Growing LCA footprint
FY2025 added 2 filings versus FY2024 (50%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
Rising disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $132,485 (FY2024) to $153,811 (FY2025) (+16.1%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
No WARN filings
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for Calpine Corporation among Utilities employers we track.
Typical disclosed pay
A $137,241 disclosed median lands near the middle of the wage distribution (60th percentile vs $124,488 nationally).
OSHA Safety Record
Grade F DART Rate: 1.39 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 0.69)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
Calpine Corporation's DART rate (days away/restricted/transferred per 100 FTE) vs the hours-weighted 2-digit NAICS sector average from OSHA ITA 2022–2023 (Utilities).
Total reported injuries on file: 37.
Where Calpine Corporation sits
This employer among Utilities H-1B peers
Across the 72 Utilities sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Calpine Corporation files more petitions than 61% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 49%, the high-volume, below-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (10 filings · $137,241 median here).
Each muted dot is one utilities peer from a filings-stratified sample of 36; the brand marker is Calpine Corporation. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How Calpine Corporation compares to Utilities peers
Calpine Corporation's nearest H-1B-filing peers in Utilities (home state TX). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Calpine Corporation
10 H-1B filings
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
63 H-1B filings
New York Independent System Operator
42 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for Calpine Corporation, both outside TX so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside TX (DART 1.39 here).
- A. Duda and Sons, Inc. (FL) · DART 1.39
- ABB OPTICAL GROUP (NY) · DART 1.39
- Accor (CA) · DART 1.39
- AGCO-Jackson Operations (MN) · DART 1.39
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 Calpine Corporation
For Calpine Corporation, read sponsorship pay (10 H-1B LCAs, median $137,241) next to the OSHA safety grade (F).
- H-1B median is $137,241 across 10 disclosed-wage positions (of 10 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade F reflects a DART rate read against the Utilities average of 0.69 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
Calpine Corporation'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
- BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC (ID) - 63 H-1B filings in the same Utilities roster
- New York Independent System Operator (NY) - 42 H-1B filings in the same Utilities roster
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (CA) - 40 H-1B filings in the same Utilities roster
- Interpreting safety grades - how Calpine Corporation's OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like Calpine Corporation's when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put Calpine Corporation next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where Calpine Corporation's #5,046 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 Calpine Corporation's H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Calpine Corporation's disclosed median of $137,241 sits at the 60th 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 Calpine Corporation's H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
Calpine Corporation has 10 H-1B filings on record, ranking #5,046 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 89th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
What does Calpine Corporation's OSHA safety grade mean?
Calpine Corporation carries Grade F from its establishment injury record (37 injuries on file; DART 1.39). That DART rate is safer than roughly 48% 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.