Average salaries, DOL prevailing wage levels, and top-paying companies, by H1B job title. Higher-level roles now have significantly better lottery odds.
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Ranked directories of real employers by certified H1B LCA filing volume, see who actually hires for your role.
Real DOL LCA wage data, median, percentile range, and top employers, for key roles in major US tech metros.
Statewide DOL LCA wage data, median, percentile range, salary by city, and top employers, for each role across the state.
Pick a role to see every H1B sponsor filing for it, ranked by median wage and grouped by state, real DOL LCA data, with each company's job-title pay ladder.
Real per-employer DOL LCA wage data, median, percentile range, and DOL wage-level breakdown, for top H1B sponsors.
Real cross-industry DOL LCA wage rollups, median, percentile range, and top employers, for key roles across major industries.
Ranked directories of the largest H1B sponsors in major US metros, by certified LCA filing volume.
USCIS implemented the wage-weighted H1B lottery starting with the FY2027 cap season (registrations opened March 2026). Your lottery selection odds are now directly tied to your DOL prevailing wage level:
Odds: DHS projections from the weighted selection final rule (Table 13), modeled on FY2020-FY2024 registrations; USCIS has not published actual results by level. Medians: certified H-1B LCAs, FY2025, DOL disclosure data.
Strategy: target roles and companies that file at Level III or Level IV. Use the breakdowns below to see your exact role's level distribution and which employers file at each level.
See the exact Level I–IV distribution for each role, share of filings, median wage, and top employers per level, based on real DOL LCA data. Critical for 2026 wage-weighted lottery strategy.
Which metros skew toward the lottery-favorable Level III–IV filings? Level I–IV distribution, median wage per level, and the top local employers filing at each level, for the 100 largest H-1B metros by DOL LCA volume.
The most specific cut: Level I–IV distribution for a role in a metro, with the local employers filing at each level. Combos with at least 150 certified DOL LCA filings.
Prevailing wage breakdowns, top roles, and year-over-year trends for every U.S. state.
Every figure on this page is an offered wage from a certified Labor Condition Application (LCA). Read it as "at least this much in base pay", not as what the person earns.
| Pay component | On the LCA? | What the rules say |
|---|---|---|
| Base salary | Yes, as the offered wage (or the low end of a range) | Must be at least the required wage |
| Guaranteed bonus | No | Counts toward the required wage only if payment is assured |
| Performance bonus | No | Does not count toward the required wage |
| Stock, RSUs, options | No | Offered on the same basis as to U.S. workers |
| Health, retirement, paid leave | No | Same basis and criteria as for U.S. workers |
Source: 20 CFR 655.731. The law does not require a particular benefit; it requires H-1B workers to get the same package as U.S. workers.
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Add the yearly value of base salary, the expected bonus, one year of stock vesting at today's price, and benefits such as retirement matching. Keep assured pay (base and guaranteed bonus) apart from uncertain pay (performance bonus, stock). Only assured pay counts toward the required wage, and the base salary must meet the LCA wage for the whole period of employment (20 CFR 655.731(a)).
What is the average H1B salary in the US?
In FY2025 the median offered wage on a certified H-1B LCA was $120,000, and the middle half of filings ran from $91,000 to $156,300 (514,757 filings, DOL LCA disclosure data). Pay depends heavily on the role: software developers had a median of $136,000, and computer and information systems managers $200,000.
How are H1B prevailing wages determined?
The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each job title and geographic area based on the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. Your employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for your assigned level, Level I through Level IV, where Level IV is the highest (roughly the 67th percentile).
Is this H1B salary database accurate?
It is accurate as a record of what employers filed: every wage is a certified figure from official US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files. Read it as a base-pay floor, not total pay: LCAs often state the low end of a range, leave out bonus and equity, and do not prove anyone was hired at that salary. See How to Read H-1B Salary Data above.
Which companies pay the highest H1B salaries?
Among the largest tech sponsors, software engineer filings have some of the highest medians in our data: Meta $197,623 (9,069 filings), Apple $181,000 (6,007), Google $168,000 (21,660), Microsoft $157,324 (18,263) and Amazon $152,000 (27,538). These are medians of certified LCA wages, so base pay only. Across all FY2025 filings, 62.7% were at wage Level I or II.