H-1B Filings
127
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
F5, Inc. in WA (Professional & Technical Services) pairs H-1B sponsorship (127 LCAs) with WARN history (1 notice) and has no employer OSHA injury log here.
F5, Inc. (WA): · 127 H-1B LCAs at a $190,367 disclosed median · 1 WARN notice
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, F5, Inc. in WA carries 127 H-1B wage filings on record, a $190,367 median wage across 98 disclosed-wage positions (above the $124,488 national median) and 1 WARN layoff notice on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
Layoff & federal record
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #365 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 86th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and state WARN notices; no employer OSHA injury log is on file here.
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.
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
H-1B Filings
127
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Median H-1B Salary
$190,367
Above national median. Across 98 disclosed positions
WARN Workforce Impact
106 workers
Less stable than most peers. 1 WARN Act notice on file
Where F5, Inc.'s H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$190,367 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+14.3% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | F5, Inc. | DOL OFLC / WARN |
| Industry | Professional & Technical Services | NAICS / DOL |
| State | WA | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 127 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $190,367 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| WARN Layoff Notices | 1 notice(s), 106 workers | WARN Act notices, state workforce agency originals (archival backstop: LayoffData.com) |
| Tracks not on file | employer OSHA injury log | Empty by design, not estimated |
F5, Inc.'s values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, WARN Act notices on file for this employer in WA (Professional & Technical Services). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #365 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 86th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; WARN notice count sits below 3% of 304,376 employers (more notices elsewhere).
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Sr Enterprise Architect - GTM | $336,000 |
| Director, Engineering | $325,000 |
| Director, Engineering - Employee Experience | $320,000 |
| Architect | $315,000 |
| Sr Principal Software Engineer | $300,000 |
| Senior AI/ML Engineer | $285,000 |
| Principal Product Manager | $278,250 |
| Sr Mgr, Security Engineering | $278,106 |
| Principal Data Engineer, Distributed Cloud | $275,000 |
| Sr. Principal Software Development Engineer | $269,146 |
| Sr Principal Software Development Engineer | $267,555 |
| Senior Principal Engineer | $265,148 |
| Director of Engineering | $265,000 |
| Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack Cloud | $265,000 |
| Principal SRE | $260,000 |
| Principal Technical Program Manager | $260,000 |
| Solutions Architect | $260,000 |
| Senior Manager, Consulting | $246,000 |
| Sr Principal Engineer | $245,500 |
| Engineering Manager | $240,000 |
| Senior Salesforce Developer - Digital | $240,000 |
| Sr. Software Engineer | $238,544 |
| Principal Software Engineer | $235,000 |
| Sr. Software Engineer | $235,000 |
| Principal Engineer, Software | $233,000 |
| Principal Product Manager | $230,000 |
| Mgr, Software Development Engineering | $229,913 |
| Sr Mgr, Software Development Engineering | $228,951 |
| Sr. Software Development Engineer | $223,860 |
| Principal Engineer | $222,335 |
| Principal Product Manager | $220,000 |
| Sr. Site Reliability Engineer | $220,000 |
| Manager, Software Development Engineering | $216,320 |
| Principal Software Development Engineer | $213,981 |
| Senior Product Manager | $213,086 |
| Sr Engineer | $208,000 |
| Senior Software Development Engineer | $205,000 |
| Senior Engineer | $204,192 |
| Principal Engineer | $201,096 |
| Sr Software Engineer | $200,000 |
| Senior Engineer | $199,534 |
| Sr. Engineer | $199,534 |
| Senior Engineer | $197,125 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $195,000 |
| Software Engineer III | $195,000 |
| Sr. Software Engineer | $193,230 |
| Principal Site Reliability Engineer | $191,906 |
| Principal Reliability Engineer | $191,096 |
| Sr Product Manager | $190,367 |
| Sr Product Manager | $190,182 |
F5, Inc.'s most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 127 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 99% of sponsors in this corpus (#365 of 51,370).
1 WARN notice naming about 106 workers are on file in WA. Multiple notices can reflect consolidations — read them beside sponsorship and safety signals.
Disclosed pay runs high: $190,367 median beats 86% of credible wage rows and sits above the $124,488 national median.
F5, Inc. sponsors 127 H-1B positions but carries no employer OSHA DART rate here — at this filing volume the gap usually reflects recordkeeping exemptions, not a verified safety judgment.
Disclosed medians moved from $173,025 (FY2024) to $197,787 (FY2025) (+14.3%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
FY2025 added 7 filings versus FY2024 (25.9%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
F5, Inc. is one of the rarer profiles carrying both sponsorship volume (127 H-1B LCAs) and WARN history (1 notice) in the same public record (Professional & Technical Services) in WA. Weigh those signals separately.
Where F5, Inc. sits
Across the 199 Professional & Technical Services sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, F5, Inc. files more petitions than 43% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 94%, the selective, above-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (127 filings · $190,367 median here).
Each muted dot is one professional & technical services peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is F5, Inc.. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
F5, Inc.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Professional & Technical Services (home state WA). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Two federal-records peer sets for F5, Inc., both outside WA so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside WA (127 filings here).
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.
| Notice Date | Workers |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-12 | 106 |
What to check before working with F5, Inc.
F5, Inc. needs a three-way read: H-1B pay (127 LCAs), safety, and WARN history (1 notice); none of those alone is the rating.
F5, 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.
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.
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, F5, Inc.'s disclosed median of $190,367 sits at the 86th percentile (above the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
F5, Inc. has 127 H-1B filings on record, ranking #365 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.
Yes - 1 WARN Act notice affecting about 106 workers appear in the state-agency corpus for this employer. WARN covers mass layoffs and plant closings that meet statutory thresholds; absence of notices is not a guarantee of stability.
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 state WARN Act layoff notices, 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.