The Kroger Company H-1B wage filings
Blue Ash, OH. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Kroger Company filed 78 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $138,249, 20.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Software Engineer (21 filings, median $130,977).
- Filings
- 78
- Positions covered
- 75
- Certified
- 96.2%
- Job titles
- 26
- Worksite cities
- 11
- Filings since FY2020
- 373
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
The Kroger Company's median H-1B wage offer rose 21%, from $116,747 in fiscal 2020 to $140,967 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.9% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 71 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.
The Kroger Company by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 58 | $140,967 | +7.7% | $105,165 | +19.9% |
| 2025 | 68 | $130,841 | −1.3% | $100,547 | +26.5% |
| 2024 | 64 | $132,550 | +3.7% | $98,103 | +30.2% |
| 2023 | 71 | $127,855 | +2.4% | $92,581 | +29.0% |
| 2022 | 63 | $124,833 | −4.0% | $96,990 | +27.3% |
| 2021 | 20 | $129,975 | +11.3% | $96,252 | +25.5% |
| 2020 | 29 | $116,747 | n/a | $110,406 | +5.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 21 | $130,977 | +30.3% | +1% since 2021 | |
| Advanced Software Engineer | 15 | $154,886 | +11.4% | +15% since 2022 | |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 9 | $121,088 | +14.9% | +8% since 2022 | |
| Advanced Quality Engineer | 3 | $144,508 | +37.4% | ||
| Advanced Data Engineer | 2 | $150,000 | +1.1% | ||
| Advanced Site Reliability / Devops Engineer | 2 | $132,997 | +0.1% | ||
| Logistics/Business Analyst II | 2 | $86,039 | +51.0% | ||
| Logistics/Business Analyst Manager | 2 | $127,515 | +26.3% | ||
| Pharmacy Manager | 2 | $153,000 | +14.2% | ||
| Senior Advanced Software Engineering Manager | 2 | $206,150 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Data Engineer | 2 | $139,146 | +18.3% | ||
| Senior Product Management Manager | 2 | $174,637 | +34.8% | ||
| Advanced Infrastructure Engineer | 1 | $144,012 | +21.7% | ||
| Advanced Performance Engineer | 1 | $143,480 | +36.4% | ||
| Advanced Security Engineer | 1 | $158,974 | +34.3% | ||
| Advanced Software Engineering Manager | 1 | $172,162 | +6.2% | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | 1 | $376,334 | at the minimum | ||
| Energy Engineer | 1 | $77,418 | at the minimum | ||
| FAC Engineering / Facility Maintenance Engineer | 1 | $85,446 | at the minimum | ||
| Financial Analyst | 1 | $85,000 | +32.0% | ||
| Pharmacist | 1 | $153,712 | +13.4% | ||
| Senior Advanced Infrastructure Engineer | 1 | $186,505 | +34.2% | ||
| Senior Product Development Scientist | 1 | $112,528 | +21.5% | ||
| Senior Security Engineer | 1 | $158,665 | +34.1% | ||
| Software Engineer | 1 | $116,514 | +28.2% | ||
| Sourcing Category Management Analyst | 1 | $65,000 | +7.8% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Ash, OH | 62 | $138,995 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 3 | $125,029 |
| Nashville, TN | 3 | $86,039 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2 | $81,432 |
| Murphysboro, IL | 2 | $153,000 |
| Celina, TX | 1 | $129,022 |
| Compton, CA | 1 | $199,734 |
| Dallas, TX | 1 | $85,000 |
| Haltom City, TX | 1 | $116,514 |
| Lake Mary, FL | 1 | $140,043 |
| Port Hadlock, WA | 1 | $153,712 |
By visa type: 76 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 74 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn, 3 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 The Kroger Company 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.