Caterpillar Inc. H-1B wage filings
Irving, TX. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Caterpillar Inc. filed 351 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $113,443, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Software Engineer (27 filings, median $110,693).
- Filings
- 351
- Positions covered
- 346
- Certified
- 98.6%
- Job titles
- 106
- Worksite cities
- 43
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,931
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +4%
Offered wage since 2020
Caterpillar Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 4%, from $106,892 in fiscal 2020 to $111,675 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 367 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Caterpillar Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 266 | $111,675 | −0.6% | $111,675 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 367 | $112,383 | +8.8% | $111,342 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 301 | $103,293 | −4.8% | $103,293 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 264 | $108,534 | +1.2% | $100,443 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 360 | $107,200 | −0.7% | $90,542 | +19.1% |
| 2021 | 225 | $108,000 | +1.0% | $90,542 | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 148 | $106,892 | n/a | $86,965 | +18.5% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 27 | $110,693 | at the minimum | +0% since 2021 | |
| Performance / Simulation / Application Engineer | 20 | $95,680 | at the minimum | +3% since 2024 | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 18 | $138,289 | at the minimum | +8% since 2020 | |
| Control Systems Senior Engineer | 17 | $111,675 | at the minimum | +8% since 2024 | |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 16 | $92,789 | at the minimum | +3% since 2020 | |
| Lead Software Engineer | 16 | $153,317 | at the minimum | +7% since 2022 | |
| Embedded Software Senior Engineer | 15 | $127,587 | at the minimum | +15% since 2022 | |
| Control Systems Engineer | 11 | $89,097 | at the minimum | −0% since 2022 | |
| Senior Design Engineer | 10 | $115,107 | at the minimum | −3% since 2025 | |
| Design Engineer | 9 | $102,128 | at the minimum | ||
| Autonomy Engineer | 7 | $106,668 | at the minimum | −3% since 2022 | |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer | 7 | $127,587 | at the minimum | +5% since 2024 | |
| Senior Performance / Simulation / Application Engineer | 7 | $111,675 | at the minimum | −4% since 2024 | |
| Autonomy Engineering Specialist | 6 | $127,712 | at the minimum | ||
| Data Scientist | 6 | $111,436 | at the minimum | −4% since 2024 | |
| Electronic Systems Verification & Validation Engineer | 6 | $85,405 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineering Project Team Leader | 5 | $130,874 | +0.2% | ||
| Manufacturing Engineer | 5 | $95,451 | at the minimum | ||
| Embedded Software Engineering Specialist | 4 | $133,037 | at the minimum | ||
| Global Director Minestar Operations Performance | 4 | $223,548 | at the minimum | ||
| Principal Digital Architect | 4 | $146,495 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Data Scientist | 4 | $142,210 | at the minimum | +21% since 2023 | |
| Senior Digital Technical Support Engineer | 4 | $126,747 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Engineer - Design | 4 | $131,227 | at the minimum | +4% since 2020 | |
| Test & Validation Engineer | 4 | $95,566 | at the minimum | ||
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 3 | $142,210 | at the minimum | ||
| Data Scientist II | 3 | $142,210 | at the minimum | +11% since 2022 | |
| Digital Tech Support Analyst | 3 | $107,611 | +3.7% | ||
| Lead Product Owner | 3 | $134,763 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead Technical Support Engineer | 3 | $156,998 | at the minimum | ||
| Performance/Simulation/Application Engineering Specialist | 3 | $116,002 | +0.3% | ||
| Senior Data Specialist | 3 | $114,026 | at the minimum | ||
| Application Security Engineer (Cybersecurity Specialist) | 2 | $123,387 | at the minimum | ||
| Autonomy Validation Engineer | 2 | $93,330 | at the minimum | ||
| Business Data Analyst | 2 | $88,182 | +0.3% | ||
| Chief Engineer | 2 | $232,898 | at the minimum | ||
| Development & Research Engineering Specialist | 2 | $107,099 | +12.7% | ||
| Electronic Component Engineer | 2 | $85,405 | at the minimum | ||
| Electronic Components Engineering Specialist | 2 | $111,675 | at the minimum | ||
| Electronic Systems Verification & Validation Senior Engineer | 2 | $104,374 | at the minimum | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 106 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chillicothe, IL | 160 | $100,298 |
| Chicago, IL | 60 | $134,590 |
| Peoria, IL | 29 | $127,587 |
| Irving, TX | 27 | $149,781 |
| East Peoria, IL | 5 | $131,872 |
| Pontiac, IL | 5 | $92,310 |
| Tucson, AZ | 5 | $107,099 |
| Champaign, IL | 4 | $101,795 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | $123,711 |
| Broomfield, CO | 3 | $120,536 |
| Decatur, IL | 3 | $113,443 |
| Houston, TX | 3 | $145,870 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 43 worksite cities.
By visa type: 345 H-1B, 6 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 343 certified, 3 certified and later withdrawn, 5 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Caterpillar Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 3 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.