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Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 601 tracked employers at a $161,000 median H-1B wage across 38,856 LCAs.

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601
Employers
$161,000
Median H-1B wage
38,856
H-1B filings

Seattle, WA: 601 tracked employers at a $161,000 median H-1B wage across 38,856 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Seattle, WA (WA), PlainEmployers rolls up 601 employers at a $161,000 disclosed median with 46 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 601 employers
  • $161,000 median H-1B
  • 38,856 H-1B LCAs
  • 46 WARN employers

Where Seattle, WA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$161,000 Top 25% higher than 75% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Below this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). This entry sits in this band. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Seattle, WA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. 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

Metro Labor Presence

Seattle, WA (601 employers) sits beside Bellevue, WA, Redmond, WA, Bothell, WA in WA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Seattle, WA ranks #16 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

Bellevue, WA 382 Redmond, WA 187 Bothell, WA 146 Kirkland, WA 76 Issaquah, WA 43 Vancouver, WA 36
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceRetail TradeManufacturing

What the data says about Seattle, WA

Corpus placement: Seattle, WA ranks #16 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 215 of 601 tracked employers (~36%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Apple Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (14,316 filings combined, ~37% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Seattle, WA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 46 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Apple Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, and Amazon Web Services, Inc., together 14,316 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Seattle, WA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 36% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Apple Inc. plus Amazon.com Services LLC account for about 37% of Seattle, WA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Seattle, WA, 46 carry WARN Act history (92 notices, about 12,366 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within WA, Seattle, WA is among denser labor markets versus Bellevue, WA (382 employers); Redmond, WA (187 employers); Bothell, WA (146 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Seattle, WA

46 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 92 WARN notices , naming about 12,366 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Seattle, WA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Apple Inc.Transportation & Warehousing6,047$174,304
2Amazon.com Services LLCTransportation & Warehousing5,757$171,235
3Amazon Web Services, Inc.Information & Media2,512$152,200
4JPMorgan Chase & Co.1,836$160,000
5Adobe Inc.Professional & Technical Services1,071$177,064
6Amazon Data Services, IncInformation & Media763$142,200
7Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.747$155,000
8Uber Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services734$199,800
9Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.Finance & Insurance663$165,000
10ServiceNow, Inc.Professional & Technical Services579$165,096
11People Tech Group, IncProfessional & Technical Services562$117,749
12Expedia, Inc.Information & Media412$149,240
13DoorDash, Inc.Professional & Technical Services406$180,710
14Hewlett Packard Enterprise CompanyProfessional & Technical Services374$149,365
15Lucid USA, Inc.Manufacturing365$150,654
16BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.Finance & Insurance349$153,450
17Pinterest, Inc.Information & Media336$180,710
18McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States303$192,000
19Zoox Inc.Transportation & Warehousing274$185,412
20Snap INC.Information & Media248$180,710
21Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc.Administrative & Waste Services194$118,165
22Bank Of America N.A.188$163,149
23University of WashingtonHealthcare & Social Assistance184$94,770
24Social Finance, LLCFinance & Insurance179$203,300
25Battelle Memorial InstituteProfessional & Technical Services178$114,546
Sources, citation, and related links for Seattle, WA

Disclaimer: The Seattle, WA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Seattle, WA 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.