Buzzfeed, Inc. H-1B wage filings

New York, NY. Last filed in fiscal 2022. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

Buzzfeed, Inc. filed 19 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2022. The median wage it offered was $105,000, 14.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.

Filings since FY2020
19
Positions covered
19
Certified
100.0%
Job titles
14
Worksite cities
3
Last filed
FY2022

Offered wage since 2020

Buzzfeed, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer fell 5%, from $105,000 in fiscal 2020 to $100,000 in fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2021 it was 14.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 9 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$80k$120k$160k$200k$105k$100k$170k720209202132022

Fiscal years run October to September.

Buzzfeed, Inc. by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
20223$170,000+70.0%$132,184+29.6%
20219$100,000−4.8%$87,443+14.7%
20207$105,000n/a$101,067+5.7%

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Director, International Content2$105,000+25.1%
Director of Data Science2$222,500+74.2%
Assoc. Data Scientist, Bus Anlysis, Media & Vid Prodctn1$100,000+14.7%
Deputy Breaking News Director1$89,000+5.7%
Director, Content & Strategy1$113,000+3.1%
Government Reporter1$102,227+29.6%
Product Designer1$104,650+3.5%
Reporter, Mental Health - Inequality Desk1$111,646+24.5%
Senior Account Executive, Client Partnerships1$115,000+0.8%
Senior Culture Editor1$73,000+8.1%
Senior Editor, News Departments1$102,000+21.2%
Senior Product Designer1$115,700+14.5%
Senior Product Manager, BuzzFeed News1$170,000+6.8%
Software Developer, Data Analysis & Product Analytics1$116,500+16.9%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
New York, NY13$111,646
Los Angeles, CA5$105,000
Washington, DC1$102,227

By visa type: 13 H-1B, 6 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 19 certified.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry16%
Level II, qualified53%
Level III, experienced16%
Level IV, fully competent16%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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