Daily H-1B Decision-Maker Report · #2 by certified FY2026 filings
October 18, 2026 · Public records only

Google LLC: Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google

This is the person who holds the top job at an organization that filed 7,339 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in federal fiscal year 2026 (through June 30, 2026). The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Labor's and USCIS's own public data. Filing H-1B applications is legal; this report shows who is accountable for the organization and what the public record says about its use of the program.

Certified H-1B filings
7,339
Requested positions (ceiling)
8,626
Level I (entry) wage
1.7%
Median offered salary
$193,000
USCIS approvals FY2026
1,912

Who is responsible

Google LLC is the legal entity that filed these applications. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose executives and board chair are named below.

Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google · Chief Executive · Google LLC
Source: Alphabet Inc. 2026 Definitive Proxy Statement (DEF 14A, April 24, 2026) (dated April 24, 2026) · checked October 18, 2026
John L. Hennessy
Chair of the Board of Directors, Alphabet Inc. · Board Chair · Google LLC
Source: Alphabet Inc. 2026 Definitive Proxy Statement (DEF 14A, April 24, 2026) (dated April 24, 2026) · checked October 18, 2026

Names and titles are as published in the linked sources on the date checked. Leadership changes; if something here is out of date, tell us in the comments below and we will correct it.

Pay levels on 7,339 certified filings

Level I (entry)
1.7%
76 filings
Level II
61.6%
2,833 filings
Level III
15.6%
719 filings
Level IV (most experienced)
21.1%
972 filings

Percentages are of the 4,600 filings that report a wage level; 2,739 filings report none. For comparison, 19.4% of all certified FY2026 H-1B filings nationwide are Level I.

What roles they filed for

Occupation (DOL SOC title)FilingsShare
Software Developers4,92567.1%
Information Technology Project Managers3424.7%
Computer and Information Research Scientists3124.3%
Data Scientists2703.7%
Computer Hardware Engineers2273.1%
Sales Engineers1742.4%
Business Intelligence Analysts1532.1%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists891.2%

Where the work sites are

StateFilingsShare
CA5,10569.6%
WA81711.1%
NY75910.3%
TX1902.6%
GA891.2%
MA771.0%

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Ceiling
"Requested positions" is the number of workers the employer listed on its applications. It is a ceiling the employer asks for on a filing, not a count of people hired.
Legal
Filing H-1B applications is lawful. Nothing on this page alleges wrongdoing. DOL's file flags none of these filings as "willful violator."
Data
Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification LCA disclosure file for FY2026 (cumulative through June 30, 2026), limited to H-1B, certified filings; USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2026. Employers are matched by federal tax ID; the Hub publishes only the last four digits plus a name, so its figure is matched on both and may be incomplete. Page generated October 18, 2026.
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