First Solar, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Phoenix, AZ. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
First Solar, Inc. filed 45 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $84,968, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Engineer- Manufacturing I (5 filings, median $72,405).
- Filings
- 45
- Positions covered
- 45
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 32
- Worksite cities
- 8
- Filings since FY2020
- 193
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +1%
Offered wage since 2020
First Solar, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 1%, from $82,659 in fiscal 2020 to $83,388 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 58 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.
First Solar, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 40 | $83,388 | −6.9% | $78,687 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 58 | $89,544 | +16.7% | $83,346 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 37 | $76,710 | −17.3% | $75,650 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 20 | $92,748 | +3.6% | $87,048 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 15 | $89,482 | −2.0% | $89,482 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 7 | $91,333 | +10.5% | $84,635 | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 16 | $82,659 | n/a | $82,659 | at the minimum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer- Manufacturing I | 5 | $72,405 | at the minimum | +7% since 2025 | |
| Engineer- Manufacturing II USA | 4 | $85,800 | at the minimum | ||
| Analyst - IT III | 2 | $101,266 | +25.6% | ||
| Engineer- Analytics R&D | 2 | $78,330 | +18.4% | ||
| Engineer- Corporate Recycling Wastewater I | 2 | $70,044 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Manufacturing II | 2 | $83,250 | +5.7% | ||
| Engineer- Manufacturing Principal | 2 | $118,056 | +4.8% | ||
| Engineer - Quality IV | 2 | $112,612 | at the minimum | ||
| Administrator- Database III | 1 | $103,938 | at the minimum | ||
| Analyst-AI I | 1 | $68,800 | +4.0% | ||
| Analyst- Business Development & Sales II | 1 | $75,421 | at the minimum | ||
| Analyst IT II | 1 | $86,000 | +47.7% | ||
| Analyst- Treasury I | 1 | $58,136 | at the minimum | ||
| Buyer I | 1 | $48,400 | +18.1% | ||
| Developer I- MES | 1 | $70,096 | at the minimum | ||
| Developer II- MES | 1 | $89,918 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Associate Development | 1 | $62,500 | +35.8% | ||
| Engineer- Associate Development USA | 1 | $75,795 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Development II | 1 | $112,674 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Equipment I USA | 1 | $76,752 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Equipment II | 1 | $84,968 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Information Security I | 1 | $68,800 | +46.4% | ||
| Engineer- Manufacturing III | 1 | $112,611 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Performance and Prediction II | 1 | $67,933 | at the minimum | ||
| Engineer- Technical Sales II | 1 | $67,400 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead- Operation MES | 1 | $135,242 | +67.8% | ||
| Manager- Device Research | 1 | $178,818 | at the minimum | ||
| Manager, Shift | 1 | $99,600 | +33.6% | ||
| Manager, Treasury | 1 | $136,319 | at the minimum | ||
| Operations Manager- Module Operations | 1 | $114,171 | at the minimum | ||
| Program Manager- Technology I | 1 | $61,000 | +11.3% | ||
| Scientist- Data and Modeler II | 1 | $86,299 | at the minimum | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Perrysburg, OH | 24 | $85,900 |
| Walbridge, OH | 9 | $85,800 |
| New Iberia, LA | 4 | $71,136 |
| Trinity, AL | 3 | $82,576 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 2 | $66,779 |
| Gaffney, SC | 1 | $84,968 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 1 | $178,818 |
| Tempe, AZ | 1 | $136,319 |
By visa type: 44 H-1B, 1 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 45 certified.
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 First Solar, 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.