H-1B & Green Card Salary Data and Market Analysis
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| Employer | Filings | Median Salary | Salary Range | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | 2 | $66,500 | $65,000 - $68,000 | 100.0% |
| Vanderbilt University | 2 | $105,000 | $90,000 - $120,000 | 100.0% |
| SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY | 2 | $58,761 | $57,510 - $60,012 | 100.0% |
| GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | 1 | $68,000 | $68,000 - $68,000 | 0.0% |
| Hawai'i Pacific University | 1 | $67,000 | $67,000 - $67,000 | 0.0% |
| MACALESTER COLLEGE | 1 | $69,260 | $69,260 - $69,260 | 100.0% |
| METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 - $60,000 | 100.0% |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | $74,776 | $74,776 - $74,776 | 100.0% |
| PROVIDENCE COLLEGE | 1 | $83,000 | $83,000 - $83,000 | 100.0% |
| BOR USGA OBO Augusta University | 1 | $65,000 | $65,000 - $65,000 | 100.0% |
| TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY | 1 | $58,070 | $58,070 - $58,070 | 100.0% |
| The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College | 1 | $61,118 | $61,118 - $61,118 | 100.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | 1 | $64,000 | $64,000 - $64,000 | 100.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY | 1 | $62,880 | $62,880 - $62,880 | 100.0% |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | 1 | $71,301 | $71,301 - $71,301 | 100.0% |
| City | State | Filings | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | RI | 2 | $100,000 |
| Bronx | NY | 1 | $92,016 |
| Gettysburg | PA | 1 | $72,750 |
| Chestnut Hill | MA | 1 | $105,000 |
| Denton | TX | 1 | $58,070 |
| Edinburg | TX | 1 | $65,000 |
| Brookings | SD | 1 | $63,000 |
| Greenville | NC | 1 | $70,000 |
| Hartford | CT | 1 | $78,000 |
| Alpine | TX | 1 | $50,000 |
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.
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| Fiscal Year | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | $68,370 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 4 | $71,375 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | $80,000 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | $71,301 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 12 | $66,000 | 83.3% |
| 2026 | 9 | $71,303 | 100.0% |
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| Company | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | 2 | $66,500 | 100.0% |
| Vanderbilt University | 2 | $105,000 | 100.0% |
| SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY | 2 | $58,761 | 100.0% |
| GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | 1 | $68,000 | 0.0% |
| Hawai'i Pacific University | 1 | $67,000 | 0.0% |