Metro area · WA
Seattle, WA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 611 employers in the Seattle, WA metro.
- 611
- Employers
- $158,116
- Median H-1B wage
- 18,141
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Seattle, WA, WA aggregates 611 tracked employers at a $158,116 median H-1B wage and 18,141 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Healthcare & Social Assistance and Professional & Technical Services.
- 611
- employers
- $158,116
- median H-1B wage
- 18,141
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Seattle, WA, WA aggregates 611 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $158,116, with hiring concentrated in Healthcare & Social Assistance, Professional & Technical Services, Information & Media. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Amazon.com Services LLC, Apple Inc., and Amazon Web Services, Inc., together 9,764 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Seattle, WA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
215 employers
- Information & Media 65
Information & Media
65 employers
- Finance & Insurance 42
Finance & Insurance
42 employers
- Retail Trade 27
Retail Trade
27 employers
- Manufacturing 25
Manufacturing
25 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 22
Healthcare & Social Assistance
22 employers
- Transportation & Warehousing 14
Transportation & Warehousing
14 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Seattle, WA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Seattle, WA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com Services LLC Transportation & Warehousing | 5,757 | $171,235 |
| 2 | Apple Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 2,751 | $179,321 |
| 3 | Amazon Web Services, Inc. Information & Media | 1,256 | $163,009 |
| 4 | Uber Technologies, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 378 | $193,074 |
| 5 | Amazon Data Services, Inc Information & Media | 343 | $150,039 |
| 6 | Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. Finance & Insurance | 332 | - |
| 7 | Adobe Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 284 | $200,809 |
| 8 | ServiceNow, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 268 | $159,742 |
| 9 | DoorDash, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 257 | $180,193 |
| 10 | Lucid USA, Inc. Manufacturing | 252 | $177,405 |
| 11 | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 207 | $194,114 |
| 12 | Expedia, Inc. Information & Media | 186 | $152,114 |
| 13 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Professional & Technical Services | 168 | $161,720 |
| 14 | People Tech Group, Inc Professional & Technical Services | 160 | $128,620 |
| 15 | Pinterest, Inc. Information & Media | 147 | $170,307 |
| 16 | Zoox Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 146 | $174,928 |
| 17 | Stripe, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 144 | $207,358 |
| 18 | SNAP INC. Information & Media | 141 | $171,885 |
| 19 | Battelle Memorial Institute Professional & Technical Services | 118 | $113,684 |
| 20 | Starbucks Coffee Company Manufacturing | 109 | $155,565 |
| 21 | DENKEN SOLUTIONS, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 107 | $111,794 |
| 22 | University of Washington Healthcare & Social Assistance | 103 | $114,918 |
| 23 | Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc. Administrative & Waste Services | 99 | $128,131 |
| 24 | Nordstrom, Inc. Retail Trade | 99 | $168,079 |
| 25 | AIRBNB, INC. Administrative & Waste Services | 96 | $181,689 |
What this means if you work in Seattle, WA
Use Seattle, WA's $158,116 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $158,116 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 611 tracked employers.
- Amazon.com Services LLC leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.