Other Food Manufacturing H-1B Wage Premium
The DOL prevailing wage is the legal minimum an employer must pay for a given role, level, and location — not a target. Employers classified under Other Food Manufacturing (NAICS 3119) pay a median of 11.2% above that floor, but 20.1% of filings are at or within 1% of the legal minimum.
What "Wage Premium" Means
Every H-1B Labor Condition Application states a DOL-determined prevailing wage — the minimum legally required for that occupation, experience level, and worksite. Wage premium is how much an employer's actual offered wage exceeds that floor. A 0% premium means the filing states exactly the legal minimum; it is not evidence of a problem, but it means the offered wage carries no information beyond what the law already requires.
Premium varies enormously by employer within the same industry — some pay the floor on every filing, others consistently pay well above it. The table below is not a ranking of employer quality; it measures one thing only: how each employer's offered wage compares to the legal minimum for Other Food Manufacturing filings.
Employers Paying Furthest Above the Floor
| Employer | Certified Filings | Avg. Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Nestle Regional Globe Office North America, Inc | 73 | +24.3% |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | 623 | +23% |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company | 478 | +19.6% |
| Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC | 73 | +18.2% |
| The Wonderful Company, LLC | 72 | +18.1% |
| Nestle USA, Inc | 80 | +17.6% |
| Mondelez Global LLC | 56 | +14.8% |
| Kerry Inc. | 50 | +11.7% |
Employers with at least 30 certified filings in this industry, ranked by average premium over prevailing wage.
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Computed from US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files for employers classified under NAICS 3119 — Other Food Manufacturing — comparing each filing's offered annual wage to its own DOL prevailing wage figure (annualized from an hourly rate where filed hourly), filtered to certified petitions with annual wages between $30K and $1M and a positive prevailing wage on file. Per-employer premium is shown only where an employer has at least 30 qualifying filings in this industry, to keep the percentage from being driven by a handful of cases.