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
25 → 56 filings, FY2008 to FY2014Top Employers
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| Employer | Filings | Median Salary | Salary Range | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | 9 | $62,000 | $26,450 - $71,000 | 100.0% |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA | 6 | $64,500 | $60,000 - $67,000 | 100.0% |
| The Ohio University | 4 | $57,046 | $49,000 - $60,000 | 75.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | 4 | $56,250 | $50,000 - $65,000 | 100.0% |
| The University of Southern California | 4 | $87,034 | $75,000 - $94,068 | 100.0% |
| University of Minnesota | 4 | $56,750 | $48,000 - $66,000 | 100.0% |
| Towson University | 3 | $52,000 | $51,000 - $54,000 | 100.0% |
| MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY | 3 | $53,000 | $52,000 - $55,000 | 66.7% |
| The Pennsylvania State University | 3 | $56,565 | $54,270 - $61,002 | 66.7% |
| The Ohio State University | 3 | $65,004 | $63,500 - $65,004 | 66.7% |
| APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY | 3 | $48,799 | $47,000 - $55,491 | 33.3% |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | 3 | $65,000 | $65,000 - $68,000 | 66.7% |
| TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN MARCOS | 3 | $58,500 | $56,000 - $58,500 | 66.7% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 3 | $60,000 | $54,000 - $64,000 | 100.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | 3 | $62,000 | $60,000 - $62,000 | 100.0% |
| City | State | Filings | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHICAGO | IL | 8 | $55,498 |
| ATHENS | GA | 5 | $62,000 |
| Los Angeles | CA | 4 | $87,034 |
| Chicago | IL | 3 | $69,000 |
| COLUMBUS | OH | 3 | $65,004 |
| GAINESVILLE | FL | 3 | $62,000 |
| BOULDER | CO | 3 | $60,000 |
| DAYTON | OH | 3 | $52,583 |
| Cincinnati | OH | 3 | $55,000 |
| MIAMI | FL | 3 | $54,550 |
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 Communications Teachers, Postsecondary with different seniority levels.
| Role | Experience Level | Filings | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communications Teachers, Postsecondary | Unspecified | 228 | $56,400 |
| Communications Teacher, Postsecondary | Unspecified | 10 | $54,269 |
| Communication Teachers, Postsecondary | Unspecified | 6 | $58,917 |
| Communications Teachers, post-secondary | Unspecified | 3 | $58,494 |
| COMMUNICATION TEACHERS- POST SECONDARY | Unspecified | 1 | $48,000 |
| Communications Teach, Postsecondary | Unspecified | 1 | $56,000 |
| Fiscal Year | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 25 | $51,000 | 96.0% |
| 2010 | 66 | $54,550 | 92.4% |
| 2011 | 25 | $53,703 | 92.0% |
| 2012 | 47 | $54,996 | 89.4% |
| 2013 | 30 | $57,033 | 90.0% |
| 2014 | 56 | $59,500 | 82.1% |
Compare how top companies pay for this role.
| Company | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | 9 | $62,000 | 100.0% |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA | 6 | $64,500 | 100.0% |
| The Ohio University | 4 | $57,046 | 75.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | 4 | $56,250 | 100.0% |
| The University of Southern California | 4 | $87,034 | 100.0% |