H-1B Filings
16
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Information & Media CA DOL H-1B OSHA ITA WARN Act
Viasat Inc.: Full Federal Profile
Viasat Inc. in CA (Information & Media) shows all three federal tracks on this profile: 16 H-1B LCAs, an employer OSHA injury record, and 7 WARN notices.
Viasat Inc. (CA): · 16 H-1B LCAs at a $154,000 disclosed median · OSHA Grade A (DART 0.10) · 7 WARN notices
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Viasat Inc. in CA carries 16 H-1B wage filings on record, a $154,000 median wage across 15 disclosed-wage positions (above the $124,488 national median), a strong A OSHA safety grade and 7 WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 16 H-1B LCAs
- $154,000 median wage
- Grade A OSHA
- 7 WARN
Layoff & federal record
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #3,219 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 93rd percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 71st percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 93rd pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 71st pct
- median wage rank
- 63%
- 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.
C-
Federal workforce composite
54/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · Viasat 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+
16 H-1B LCAs
#3,219 of 51,370 sponsors · 93rd percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay B
$154,000 median
71st percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety C+
OSHA Grade A · DART 0.10
Safer than 63% of 214,554 employers with an OSHA ITA record
Layoff stability F
7 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
- Viasat Inc.'s filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $156,417 in FY2024 to $173,374 in FY2025 (+10.8%).
Median H-1B Salary
$154,000
Above national median. Across 15 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade A · DART 0.10
Safer than industry average. vs 0.64 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
WARN Workforce Impact
495 workers
Less stable than most peers. 7 WARN Act notices on file
Where Viasat Inc.'s H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$154,000 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Viasat Inc.'s H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+10.8% 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 | Viasat Inc. | DOL OFLC / OSHA / WARN |
| Industry | Information & Media | NAICS / DOL |
| State | CA | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 16 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $154,000 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | A | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 0.10 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| WARN Layoff Notices | 7 notice(s), 495 workers | WARN Act notices, state workforce agency originals (archival backstop: LayoffData.com) |
Viasat 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 CA (Information & Media). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #3,219 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 93rd percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 71st percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 63% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Software Engineering Manager | $244,000 |
| Global ERP Program Manager | $233,849 |
| Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer | $202,700 |
| Senior Data Scientist | $190,000 |
| Software Engineer | $172,508 |
| Technical Support Manager | $163,197 |
| Technical Program Manager | $154,000 |
| Technical Program Manager | $154,000 |
| Atlassian Architect | $150,000 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $145,000 |
| Software Engineer | $143,865 |
| Software Engineer - Machine Learning | $132,737 |
| Software Engineer | $131,038 |
| Data Engineer | $125,000 |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | $111,500 |
What the Data Says About Viasat Inc.
Signature stat: WARN history
WARN history dominates: 7 notices put this employer among the 100% with the heaviest layoff filings in the corpus.
Safer than sector norm
OSHA logged 18 injuries at a DART rate of 0.1 against a 0.6 same-NAICS-sector average (Grade A).
Heavy H-1B sponsor
Viasat Inc. in CA (Information & Media) filed 16 H-1B labor condition applications, of which 15 disclose a usable wage figure at a $154,000 disclosed median — a top-tercile sponsorship footprint in this corpus.
Top-quartile disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs high: $154,000 median beats 71% of credible wage rows and sits above the $124,488 national median.
Rising disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $156,417 (FY2024) to $173,374 (FY2025) (+10.8%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Growing LCA footprint
FY2025 added 1 filings versus FY2024 (20%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
Dual-track profile
Viasat Inc. is one of the rarer profiles carrying both sponsorship volume (16 H-1B LCAs) and WARN history (7 notices) in the same public record (Information & Media) in CA. Weigh those signals separately.
OSHA Safety Record
Grade A DART Rate: 0.10 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 0.64)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
Viasat 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 (Information & Media).
Total reported injuries on file: 18.
Where Viasat Inc. sits
This employer among Information & Media H-1B peers
Across the 200 Information & Media sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Viasat Inc. files more petitions than 10% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 41%, the selective, below-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (16 filings · $154,000 median here).
Each muted dot is one information & media peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is Viasat 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 Viasat Inc. compares to Information & Media peers
Viasat Inc.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Information & Media (home state CA). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Viasat Inc.
16 H-1B filings
Microsoft Corporation
7,641 H-1B filings
Meta Platforms, Inc
5,097 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for Viasat Inc., both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside CA (DART 0.10 here).
- 3 Little Pigs, LLC (PA) · DART 0.10
- Artech, LLC (NJ) · DART 0.10
- Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 040 (WV) · DART 0.10
- Bell Textron Inc. (TX) · DART 0.10
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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-02-05 | 4 |
| 2023-12-05 | 228 |
| 2023-12-05 | 11 |
| 2023-04-07 | 107 |
| 2023-04-07 | 4 |
| 2020-09-17 | 10 |
| 2020-04-30 | 131 |
What to check before working with Viasat Inc.
Viasat Inc. needs a three-way read: H-1B pay (16 LCAs), safety (grade A), and WARN history (7 notices); none of those alone is the rating.
- H-1B median is $154,000 across 15 disclosed-wage positions (of 16 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade A reflects a DART rate read against the Information & Media average of 0.64 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
- 7 WARN layoff notices on file, review the timing before counting on job stability. Reading WARN notices
Viasat 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
- Microsoft Corporation (WA) - 7,641 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Meta Platforms, Inc (CA) - 5,097 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (WA) - 2,512 H-1B filings in the same Information & Media roster
- Interpreting safety grades - how Viasat Inc.'s OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- Reading WARN notices - what Viasat Inc.'s layoff filings do and do not prove.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like Viasat Inc.'s when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put Viasat Inc. next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where Viasat Inc.'s #3,219 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 Viasat Inc.'s H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Viasat Inc.'s disclosed median of $154,000 sits at the 71st 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 Viasat Inc.'s H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
Viasat Inc. has 16 H-1B filings on record, ranking #3,219 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 93rd percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
What does Viasat Inc.'s OSHA safety grade mean?
Viasat Inc. carries Grade A from its establishment injury record (18 injuries on file; DART 0.10). That DART rate is safer than roughly 63% of 214,554 employers with an injury record in this corpus. Grades compare DART against industry averages, see the Interpreting Safety Grades guide.
Does Viasat Inc. have WARN layoff notices on file?
Yes - 7 WARN Act notices affecting about 495 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.