LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026

Caterpillar H-1B sponsor data for IT roles

Short answer

Caterpillar filed 60 H-1B labor condition applications for IT occupations in the DOL disclosure data (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), which ranks it 207 of 3,365 employers with five or more IT filings. The most common occupation is software developers (51 filings) and the most common state is IL (45).

Caterpillar filings by occupation

OccupationFilingsShare
Software Developers5185%
Database Architects23%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers23%
Data Scientists23%

Most common job titles

Job title on the filingFilings
Software Engineer7
Embedded Software Senior Engineer5
Senior Software Engineer4
Embedded Software Engineer4
Lead Software Engineer4
Lead Technical Support Engineer3

Where the roles are

StateFilings
IL45
TX12
AZ1
CA1
PA1
CityFilings
Chillicothe, IL19
Peoria, IL13
Chicago, IL12
Irving, TX10
Tucson, AZ1

Wage levels and offered wage

Wage levelFilingsShare
Level I12%
Level II1221%
Level III1221%
Level IV3155%

Most filings (55%) are at Level IV. The median offered wage on these filings is $127,587 a year against a median prevailing wage of $127,587, which is in line with the prevailing wage. 100% of filings offer at least the prevailing wage listed on the same filing. 100% are full time. See prevailing wages by occupation and area for the DOL levels.

Employers filing in software developers, like Caterpillar

About this data

Source and definitions are on the H-1B sponsors guide. An LCA is not an approval or a job opening. Corrections: support@matchwire.co.

Questions

How many H-1B filings did Caterpillar make for IT roles?

60 labor condition applications in this dataset (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026). By decision year: 2025: 18, 2026: 42.

What wage did Caterpillar offer on these filings?

The median offered wage was $127,587 a year against a median prevailing wage of $127,587, in line with the prevailing wage.

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