H-1B Filings
173
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Retail Trade NC DOL H-1B OSHA ITA WARN Act
Lowe's Companies, Inc.: Full Federal Profile
Lowe's Companies, Inc. in NC (Retail Trade) shows all three federal tracks on this profile: 173 H-1B LCAs, an employer OSHA injury record, and 6 WARN notices.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NC): · 173 H-1B LCAs at a $130,021 disclosed median · OSHA Grade D (DART 3.80) · 6 WARN notices
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Lowe's Companies, Inc. in NC carries 173 H-1B wage filings on record, a $130,021 median wage across 35 disclosed-wage positions (above the $124,488 national median), a below-average D OSHA safety grade and 6 WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 173 H-1B LCAs
- $130,021 median wage
- Grade D OSHA
- 6 WARN
Layoff & federal record
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #264 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 55th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 99th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 55th pct
- median wage rank
- 23%
- safer on DART than
- 0%
- fewer WARN notices than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs, this employer's OSHA injury log, and state WARN notices, three independent disclosure systems.
F
Federal workforce composite
37/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · Lowe's Companies, 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+
173 H-1B LCAs
#264 of 51,370 sponsors · 99th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay C
$130,021 median
55th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety F
OSHA Grade D · DART 3.80
Safer than 23% of 214,554 employers with an OSHA ITA record
Layoff stability F
6 WARN notices
Cleaner WARN history than 0% 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
- Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s disclosed H-1B petition count fell from 88 in FY2024 to 85 in FY2025 (-3.4%).
- Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $125,237 in FY2024 to $132,498 in FY2025 (+5.8%).
Median H-1B Salary
$130,021
Near national median. Across 35 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade D · DART 3.80
Riskier than industry average. vs 2.92 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
WARN Workforce Impact
952 workers
Less stable than most peers. 6 WARN Act notices on file
Where Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$130,021 Top 45% higher than 55% of 272,125 US employers
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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+5.8% 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 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | DOL OFLC / OSHA / WARN |
| Industry | Retail Trade | NAICS / DOL |
| State | NC | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 173 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $130,021 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | D | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 3.80 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| WARN Layoff Notices | 6 notice(s), 952 workers | WARN Act notices, state workforce agency originals (archival backstop: LayoffData.com) |
Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, WARN Act notices on file for this employer in NC (Retail Trade). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #264 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 55th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 23% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Lead Software Engineer | $183,000 |
| Director, Software Engineering | $170,405 |
| Senior Infrastructure Engineer | $165,542 |
| Senior Manager, Software Engineering | $155,688 |
| Senior Manager, Software Engineering | $154,204 |
| Senior Manager, Data Engineering | $153,962 |
| Director, Software Engineering | $153,615 |
| Director, DACI Analytics | $148,949 |
| Director, Data Science | $146,390 |
| VP, Technology Omni-Channel Digital Customer Experiences | $140,795 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $140,064 |
| Lead Software Engineer | $134,908 |
| Senior Director, Technology | $134,628 |
| Senior AI Engineer | $134,347 |
| Sr. Software Engineer | $134,347 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $133,442 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $131,518 |
| Lead Data Engineer | $130,021 |
| Senior Data Scientist | $130,021 |
| Senior Data Engineer | $129,965 |
| Senior Data Engineer | $129,078 |
| Senior Director, Technology | $128,461 |
| Senior Product Manager | $128,461 |
| AI Engineer | $112,986 |
| Senior Analyst, DACI Analytics | $111,966 |
| Senior Infrastructure Engineer | $109,886 |
| Software Engineer | $109,655 |
| Software Engineer | $109,120 |
| Data Engineer | $105,747 |
| Manager, Customer Engagement | $104,790 |
| Product Manager | $103,210 |
| Data Engineer | $99,679 |
| Lead Product Manager | $99,549 |
| Senior Analyst, DACI Analytics | $96,027 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | $77,958 |
| Lead Software Engineer | N/A |
What the Data Says About Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Signature stat: WARN history
WARN history dominates: 6 notices put this employer among the 100% with the heaviest layoff filings in the corpus.
Heavy H-1B sponsor
Lowe's Companies, Inc. in NC (Retail Trade) filed 173 H-1B labor condition applications, of which 35 disclose a usable wage figure at a $130,021 disclosed median — a top-tercile sponsorship footprint in this corpus.
Worse than sector norm
The establishment DART rate is 3.8, above the 2.9 sector norm (Grade D) across 715 reportable injuries on file.
Dual-track profile
Lowe's Companies, Inc. is one of the rarer profiles carrying both sponsorship volume (173 H-1B LCAs) and WARN history (6 notices) in the same public record (Retail Trade) in NC. Weigh those signals separately.
Rising disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $125,237 (FY2024) to $132,498 (FY2025) (+5.8%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Typical disclosed pay
A $130,021 disclosed median lands near the middle of the wage distribution (55th percentile vs $124,488 nationally).
OSHA Safety Record
Grade D DART Rate: 3.80 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 2.92)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
Lowe's Companies, 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: 715.
Where Lowe's Companies, 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, Lowe's Companies, Inc. files more petitions than 96% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 29%, the high-volume, below-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (173 filings · $130,021 median here).
Each muted dot is one retail trade peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is Lowe's Companies, 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 Lowe's Companies, Inc. compares to Retail Trade peers
Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Retail Trade (home state NC). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
173 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 Lowe's Companies, Inc., both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside NC (173 filings here).
- Anthropic, PBC (CA) · 174 filings
- Arizona State University (AZ) · 174 filings
- MPG Operations LLC (NY) · 174 filings
- HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION (IL) · 175 filings
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside NC (DART 3.80 here).
- Acme Markets (MD) · DART 3.80
- Alsaker Corporation (WA) · DART 3.80
- American Red Cross (OR) · DART 3.80
- Amron, A Division of Amtec Corp (WI) · DART 3.80
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.
WARN Act Layoff History
| Notice Date | Workers |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | 49 |
| 2026-02-13 | 178 |
| 2019-04-04 | 207 |
| 2019-04-04 | 12 |
| 2017-02-21 | 431 |
| 2017-02-21 | 75 |
What to check before working with Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. needs a three-way read: H-1B pay (173 LCAs), safety (grade D), and WARN history (6 notices); none of those alone is the rating.
- H-1B median is $130,021 across 35 disclosed-wage positions (of 173 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade D reflects a DART rate read against the Retail Trade average of 2.92 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
- 6 WARN layoff notices on file, review the timing before counting on job stability. Reading WARN notices
Lowe's Companies, 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 Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- Reading WARN notices - what Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s layoff filings do and do not prove.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put Lowe's Companies, Inc. next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s #264 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 Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s disclosed median of $130,021 sits at the 55th 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 Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
Lowe's Companies, Inc. has 173 H-1B filings on record, ranking #264 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 Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s OSHA safety grade mean?
Lowe's Companies, Inc. carries Grade D from its establishment injury record (715 injuries on file; DART 3.80). That DART rate is safer than roughly 23% of 214,554 employers with an injury record in this corpus. Grades compare DART against industry averages, see the Interpreting Safety Grades guide.
Does Lowe's Companies, Inc. have WARN layoff notices on file?
Yes - 6 WARN Act notices affecting about 952 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, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records 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.