Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC H-1B wage filings
Sinton, TX. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC filed 11 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $85,000, 13.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings since FY2021
- 11
- Positions covered
- 9
- Certified
- 81.8%
- Job titles
- 8
- Worksite cities
- 2
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2021
Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC made 11 filings across 5 fiscal years since 2021, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 4 filings.
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 3 | $75,000 | n/a | $70,803 | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation Engineer | 2 | $85,000 | +26.8% | |
| Hot Mill Level II Engineer | 2 | $155,000 | +26.6% | |
| Process Metallurgist | 2 | $75,000 | +5.9% | |
| Electrical Engineer | 1 | n/a | ||
| Hot Mill Level 2 Engineer | 1 | $112,694 | at the minimum | |
| L1 Automation Engineer | 1 | $70,866 | +13.0% | |
| Level 1 Automation Engineer | 1 | $100,402 | +13.1% | |
| Product Development & Quality Metallurgist | 1 | $122,202 | +24.4% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Sinton, TX | 10 | $85,000 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | n/a |
By visa type: 11 H-1B. By outcome: 8 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision.
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 Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC 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.