Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 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. For Computer Systems Engineers/Architects, certified H-1B filings pay a median of 0% above that floor, but 59.3% 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 for the same occupation — 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 Computer Systems Engineers/Architects filings.
Employers Paying Furthest Above the Floor
| Employer | Certified Filings | Avg. Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Randstad Technologies, LLC | 99 | +73.6% |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 73 | +71.5% |
| Mphasis Corporation | 303 | +66.6% |
| Salesforce.com, Inc. | 126 | +61.3% |
| TORC Robotics, Inc. | 61 | +61.1% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2,773 | +59.8% |
| Populus Group LLC | 49 | +58.9% |
| Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC | 167 | +58.7% |
Employers with at least 30 certified Computer Systems Engineers/Architects filings, ranked by average premium over prevailing wage.
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Computed from US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects, 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 Computer Systems Engineers/Architects filings, to keep the percentage from being driven by a handful of cases.