H-1B wage filings in Austin, TX
Jobs with a worksite in Austin, Texas. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
13,854 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Austin, TX as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 2,539 employers. The median offered wage was $132,500, 6.9% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (541).
- Filings
- 13,854
- Positions covered
- 35,421
- Employers
- 2,539
- Median offered
- $132,500
- Median prevailing wage
- $114,754
- Filings since FY2020
- 82,435
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +39%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Austin, TX rose 39%, from $95,139 in fiscal 2020 to $132,100 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 14,286 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Austin, TX by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 11,193 | $132,100 | +1.6% | $114,754 | +7.6% |
| 2025 | 14,286 | $130,000 | +7.4% | $108,826 | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 12,667 | $121,000 | +4.3% | $101,046 | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 11,326 | $116,000 | +0.9% | $96,866 | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 13,818 | $115,000 | +8.4% | $92,040 | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 10,133 | $106,080 | +11.5% | $90,750 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 9,012 | $95,139 | n/a | $91,957 | +1.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Austin
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 1,287 | $152,100 | +36.0% | |
| Apple Inc. | 878 | $154,600 | +3.1% | |
| Tesla, Inc. | 583 | $137,715 | +34.2% | |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 324 | $135,907 | at the minimum | |
| Infosys Limited | 314 | $90,605 | at the minimum | |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 283 | $88,400 | +47.7% | |
| Wipro Limited | 242 | $99,395 | +9.7% | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 237 | $148,741 | at the minimum | |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 226 | $152,050 | +31.9% | |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 210 | $115,000 | at the minimum | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 184 | $168,000 | +7.6% | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 178 | $167,000 | +13.7% | |
| Arm, Inc. | 177 | $161,179 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 170 | $156,000 | +29.0% | |
| Intel Corporation | 165 | $135,907 | +4.2% | |
| Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. | 157 | $157,872 | +11.5% | |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 153 | $91,042 | at the minimum | |
| eBay Inc. | 150 | $163,275 | +13.1% | |
| PayPal, Inc. | 138 | $152,062 | +12.8% | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 123 | $119,933 | at the minimum | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 116 | $161,160 | +42.4% | |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | 113 | $149,240 | at the minimum | |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 108 | $148,300 | +10.9% | |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 106 | $147,900 | +26.1% | |
| Dell Products L.P. | 93 | $168,561 | +27.5% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 2,539. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Austin
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 541 | $116,489 | +1.8% | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 420 | $169,631 | +41.5% | |
| Software Developer | 412 | $114,754 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 242 | $145,600 | +4.6% | |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 221 | $129,000 | +42.8% | |
| Software Engineering Applications | 203 | $163,550 | at the minimum | |
| Technology Consultant 2 | 136 | $90,605 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 121 | $115,000 | at the minimum | |
| Component Design Engineer | 95 | $116,610 | +4.2% | |
| Manager | 91 | $119,933 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Engineer | 89 | $128,586 | at the minimum | |
| Data Scientist | 83 | $131,050 | +3.9% | |
| Assistant Professor | 79 | $122,000 | +98.2% | |
| Software Dev Engineer III | 73 | $200,100 | +26.7% | |
| Software Development Engineer | 67 | $130,000 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 66 | $174,860 | +13.6% | |
| Software Engineer II | 64 | $120,750 | +8.9% | |
| Technical Lead L1 | 62 | $97,218 | +23.8% | |
| Java Developer | 61 | $113,942 | at the minimum | |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 61 | $130,000 | +35.2% | |
| Staff Engineer | 59 | $161,179 | at the minimum | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 52 | $65,000 | +22.4% | |
| Senior Manager | 51 | $149,240 | at the minimum | |
| Staff SW Engineer | 50 | $144,903 | at the minimum | |
| DevOps Engineer | 49 | $114,754 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.