Upwork Global LLC H-1B wage filings
Palo Alto, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Upwork Global LLC filed 23 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $243,440, 27.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 23
- Positions covered
- 23
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 20
- Worksite cities
- 16
- Median offer change since FY2025
- +20%
Offered wage since 2025
Upwork Global LLC's median H-1B wage offer rose 20%, from $220,005 in fiscal 2025 to $264,951 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 36.8% above the prevailing wage.
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.
Upwork Global LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 12 | $264,951 | +20.4% | $191,288 | +36.8% |
| 2025 | 11 | $220,005 | n/a | $184,663 | +13.1% |
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 Director of Engineering, Developer Enablement | 2 | $315,000 | +34.4% | |
| Senior Product Manager | 2 | $209,000 | +13.3% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 | $183,798 | +18.7% | |
| Data Engineering Lead | 1 | $249,979 | +28.3% | |
| Director of Engineering, Core Experiences | 1 | $268,800 | +13.1% | |
| Director of Product, Emerging Business Growth | 1 | n/a | ||
| Engineering Manager, Core Experiences | 1 | $213,500 | +37.9% | |
| Lead Engineer | 1 | $139,152 | at the minimum | |
| Lead Machine Learning Engineer | 1 | $255,096 | +30.9% | |
| Principal Applied ML Engineer | 1 | $280,000 | +23.8% | |
| Principal Engineer, Marketplace | 1 | $230,720 | +2.0% | |
| Principal Product Manager | 1 | $230,010 | +31.7% | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 1 | $350,000 | +102.7% | |
| Principal Software Engineer, Ads & Monetization | 1 | $268,611 | +13.0% | |
| Principle Engineer | 1 | $274,805 | +46.4% | |
| Senior Lead Applied ML Engineer | 1 | $236,900 | +46.6% | |
| Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer | 1 | $290,000 | +35.8% | |
| Senior Product Designer | 1 | $145,000 | +105.5% | |
| Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) | 1 | $187,460 | +63.4% | |
| VP Engineering, Marketplace | 1 | $397,600 | +2.2% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara, CA | 4 | $255,360 |
| Sammamish, WA | 2 | $315,000 |
| San Francisco, CA | 2 | $233,455 |
| San Jose, CA | 2 | $222,403 |
| Saratoga, CA | 2 | $205,548 |
| Brentwood, CA | 1 | $268,611 |
| Capitola, CA | 1 | $350,000 |
| Cedar Park, TX | 1 | $139,152 |
| Dublin, CA | 1 | $268,800 |
| Fremont, CA | 1 | $290,000 |
| Leander, TX | 1 | $187,460 |
| Livermore, CA | 1 | n/a |
Showing the 12 busiest of 16 worksite cities.
By visa type: 23 H-1B. By outcome: 23 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 Upwork Global 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.