H-1B & Green Card Salary Data and Market Analysis
Total Filings
All time (charts below use selected years)Median Salary
Across filings in selected periodFiling Growth
10 → 25 filings, FY2008 to FY2014Top Employers
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| Employer | Filings | Median Salary | Salary Range | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University | 9 | $61,020 | $54,900 - $168,000 | 77.8% |
| MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | 5 | $61,990 | $59,494 - $78,750 | 80.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | 4 | $72,394 | $70,000 - $107,500 | 100.0% |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | 4 | $67,000 | $62,500 - $70,000 | 100.0% |
| SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY | 4 | $54,750 | $53,500 - $56,210 | 100.0% |
| University of Michigan | 4 | $62,000 | $62,000 - $85,000 | 75.0% |
| Harvard University | 4 | $86,000 | $77,000 - $170,000 | 100.0% |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS | 3 | $59,200 | $59,200 - $64,000 | 100.0% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 3 | $74,000 | $66,087 - $117,875 | 100.0% |
| Auburn University | 3 | $61,500 | $54,000 - $80,000 | 100.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN | 3 | $62,500 | $61,500 - $87,000 | 100.0% |
| University of Utah | 3 | $65,000 | $62,633 - $75,600 | 100.0% |
| RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN | 3 | $56,010 | $56,010 - $56,010 | 33.3% |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA | 3 | $60,000 | $56,000 - $64,203 | 100.0% |
| University of California, Berkeley | 2 | $70,950 | $62,900 - $79,000 | 100.0% |
| City | State | Filings | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE STATION | TX | 7 | $59,885 |
| CAMBRIDGE | MA | 5 | $77,000 |
| MARIETTA | GA | 4 | $54,750 |
| ANN ARBOR | MI | 4 | $62,000 |
| MANHATTAN | KS | 4 | $56,914 |
| MISS. STATE | MS | 4 | $66,995 |
| PHILADELPHIA | PA | 3 | $72,000 |
| ATHENS | GA | 3 | $60,000 |
| BOCA RATON | FL | 3 | $62,800 |
| PROVIDENCE | RI | 3 | $56,010 |
Across the 244,862 petitions we hold for the H-1B cap lottery as a whole, the I-129 filing records the beneficiary's actual pay alongside their country of birth, education and gender. A raw pay gap between two groups is mostly a statement about which jobs they hold — so each gap below is shown twice: as it looks raw, and again measured within the same job title. The second number is the one to read.
Gender is here as the control. Our decomposition of the H-1B gender pay gap found that gap is sorting almost entirely — it survives the correction at under a percent. Country of birth and education do not behave that way: part of each gap is job mix, and a real difference is still standing after the correction.
| Group | Petitions | Median actual pay | Raw gap vs everyone | Within the same job title | Explained by job mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 164,659 | $90,397 | -$2,288 | -$2,411 | — |
| China | 35,095 | $110,000 | +$17,315 | +$8,896 | 48.6% |
| Philippines | 1,863 | $64,000 | -$28,685 | -$594 | 97.9% |
60 other values (39,441 petitions) are not shown, because too few of their petitions sit in a job title big enough to compare within. Only a raw figure exists there — and a raw figure is the thing this table corrects, so ranking it beside these would mislead rather than inform.
| Group | Petitions | Median actual pay | Raw gap vs everyone | Within the same job title | Explained by job mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master's degree | 102,816 | $91,104 | -$896 | -$262 | — |
| Bachelor's degree | 88,784 | $90,000 | -$2,000 | -$1,219 | 39.0% |
| Doctorate degree | 11,783 | $128,400 | +$36,400 | +$17,739 | 51.3% |
| Professional degree | 2,272 | $150,000 | +$58,000 | +$24,154 | 58.4% |
One other value (103 petitions) is not shown, because too few of its petitions sit in a job title big enough to compare within. Only a raw figure exists there — and a raw figure is the thing this table corrects, so ranking it beside these would mislead rather than inform.
| Group | Petitions | Median actual pay | Raw gap vs everyone | Within the same job title | Explained by job mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 164,128 | $93,891 | +$1,206 | -$361 | — |
| Women | 80,734 | $90,000 | -$2,685 | +$469 | — |
How to read this. The within-occupation figure compares people holding the same job title, weighted by how many petitions sit in each title. Titles encode seniority, so equal pay within a title does not rule out differences in reaching that title — the same limitation that applies to any controlled pay-gap number. Figures are base pay only: the I-129 reports prospective base compensation, with no equity or bonus, so this is not total compensation. Coverage is FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions that carry both a pay figure and a job title — a one-time FOIA snapshot, not a live feed. Aggregates only, with small counts suppressed. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
These roles are variations of Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary with different seniority levels.
| Role | Experience Level | Filings | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | Unspecified | 124 | $66,637 |
| Architecture Teachers, post-secondary | Unspecified | 5 | $67,220 |
| Architecture Teacher-Post Secondary | Unspecified | 2 | $78,532 |
| ARCHITECTURE TEACHER, POSTSECONDARY | Unspecified | 2 | $53,405 |
| Fiscal Year | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | $65,750 | 100.0% |
| 2010 | 40 | $61,745 | 95.0% |
| 2011 | 21 | $60,000 | 100.0% |
| 2012 | 26 | $61,664 | 88.5% |
| 2013 | 11 | $60,089 | 72.7% |
| 2014 | 25 | $70,000 | 92.0% |
Compare how top companies pay for this role.
| Company | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University | 9 | $61,020 | 77.8% |
| MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | 5 | $61,990 | 80.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | 4 | $72,394 | 100.0% |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | 4 | $67,000 | 100.0% |
| SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY | 4 | $54,750 | 100.0% |