Hot Topic, Inc. H-1B wage filings
City of Industry, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Hot Topic, Inc. filed 9 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $136,219, 3.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 9
- Positions covered
- 9
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 8
- Worksite cities
- 4
- Filings since FY2020
- 56
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +14%
Offered wage since 2020
Hot Topic, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 14%, from $120,000 in fiscal 2022 to $136,219 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.3% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 13 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.
Hot Topic, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 9 | $136,219 | +2.7% | $129,667 | +3.3% |
| 2025 | 4 | $132,600 | +9.4% | $108,535 | +28.9% |
| 2024 | 11 | $121,222 | −6.8% | $114,754 | +14.0% |
| 2023 | 13 | $130,000 | +8.3% | $111,197 | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 9 | $120,000 | −5.0% | $111,176 | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 5 | $126,250 | +8.6% | $104,229 | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 5 | $116,255 | n/a | $104,395 | +10.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Store Systems Engineer | 2 | $135,909 | +4.8% | |
| Director, Dev Ops and QA | 1 | $200,970 | at the minimum | |
| IT Security Analyst 1 | 1 | $76,648 | at the minimum | |
| IT Security Engineer | 1 | $76,648 | at the minimum | |
| Junior Analyst, WMS | 1 | $74,880 | +20.6% | |
| Lead Warehouse Management System (WMS) Analyst | 1 | $156,998 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Business Systems Manager | 1 | $208,005 | +3.5% | |
| Senior Web Developer | 1 | $136,219 | +5.1% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| City of Industry, CA | 5 | $137,917 |
| Long Beach, CA | 2 | $76,648 |
| Frisco, TX | 1 | $156,998 |
| Riverside, CA | 1 | $74,880 |
By visa type: 9 H-1B. By outcome: 8 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn.
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 Hot Topic, 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.