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BNSF Railway Company

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
176
FY2025 applications
12
FY2026 to 30 June
64
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$165,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

BNSF Railway Company appears in 176 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 12.

Applications by fiscal year — BNSF Railway Company

3264FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
3264FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20082
FY20091
FY20105
FY20116
FY20125
FY20134
FY20147
FY20158
FY201610
FY20178
FY201811
FY20199
FY20207
FY20214
FY20224
FY20232
FY20247
FY202512
FY2026*64
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*640
FY2025120
FY202443
FY202320
FY202240
FY202140
FY202016
FY201954
FY201874
FY201762
FY201673
FY201553
FY201434
FY201331
FY201241
FY201160
FY201023
FY200910
FY200820

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

BNSF Railway Company: applications by worksite state

1+1+1+2+4+
1+1+1+2+4+
Data table
StateApplications
TX149
FL5
WA5
CA4
KS2
AR2
IL2
NJ1
GA1
CO1
NC1
IN1
MO1
VA1
Worksite states
  1. Texas149
  2. Florida5
  3. Washington5
  4. California4
  5. Kansas2
  6. Arkansas2
  7. Illinois2
  8. New Jersey1
  9. Georgia1
  10. Colorado1
Worksite cities
  1. Fort Worth, TX106
  2. Irving, TX6
  3. McKinney, TX4
  4. Prosper, TX4
  5. Little Elm, TX3
  6. Leander, TX3
  7. Celina, TX3
  8. Austin, TX2
  9. Manor, TX2
  10. Pompano Beach, FL2

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers90
  2. Operations Research Analysts55
  3. Statisticians9
  4. Data Scientists7
  5. Computer and Information Systems Managers6
  6. Computer Occupations, All Other4
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Senior Operations Research Specialist27
  2. Senior Software Engineer (product, Platform & Enterprise)10
  3. Software Engineer II (product, Platform & Enterprise)9
  4. Senior Software Engineer (infrastructure)9
  5. Senior Software Engineer7
  6. Senior Operations Research and Advanced Analytics Specialist4
  7. Consulting Systems Developer (java Applications)4
  8. Gis Developer4

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $165,000; middle half $123,600 to $165,000 · median prevailing wage $144,310 (marker) · 77 applications.

$80k$120k$160k$200k$240k
$80k$120k$160k$200k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I18
  2. Level II7
  3. Level III1
  4. Level IV46

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

36FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
36FY2010FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20101
FY20115
FY20123
FY20134
FY20146
FY20153
FY20166
FY20174
FY20186
FY20195
FY20203
FY20213
FY20223
FY20232
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20230020
FY20221020
FY20211021
FY20202010
FY20193021
FY20184020
FY20170040
FY20162040
FY20151020
FY20145010
FY20133010
FY20121020
FY20113021
FY20100010

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Holland & Knight LLP89
  2. Thompson & Knight LLP29

Among employers in Texas

BNSF Railway Company has 176 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #897 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #7,506 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.01% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
897 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
7,506 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.01%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 482) in Texas
2
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