H-1B wage filings in Bethesda, MD
Jobs with a worksite in Bethesda, Maryland. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
635 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Bethesda, MD as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 161 employers. The median offered wage was $121,774, 11.0% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Research Fellow (95).
- Filings
- 635
- Positions covered
- 671
- Employers
- 161
- Median offered
- $121,774
- Median prevailing wage
- $101,421
- Filings since FY2020
- 5,566
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Bethesda, MD rose 25%, from $97,406 in fiscal 2020 to $122,200 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 9.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 952 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.
Bethesda, MD by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 508 | $122,200 | +9.2% | $101,421 | +9.4% |
| 2025 | 681 | $111,946 | +1.8% | $97,157 | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 790 | $110,000 | +4.3% | $89,211 | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 871 | $105,420 | +3.2% | $89,100 | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 931 | $102,107 | +4.6% | $92,186 | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 833 | $97,594 | +0.2% | $82,638 | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 952 | $97,406 | n/a | $96,595 | +6.2% |
Employers filing for jobs in Bethesda
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 161. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Bethesda
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Fellow | 95 | $102,549 | +61.0% | |
| Staff Scientist | 48 | $124,222 | +48.9% | |
| Software Developer | 24 | $126,091 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Fellow | 18 | $109,784 | +37.6% | |
| Software Engineer | 18 | $127,000 | +0.4% | |
| Scientist | 16 | $94,853 | +10.9% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 10 | $156,000 | +6.1% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 8 | $141,640 | +2.7% | |
| Data Engineer | 7 | $94,942 | at the minimum | |
| Java Developer | 6 | $106,000 | at the minimum | |
| Packaged App Development Assoc Manager | 6 | $150,758 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Manager | 6 | $197,865 | +7.9% | |
| Developer | 5 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
| Technical Lead | 5 | $150,646 | +2.8% | |
| Bioinformatics Scientist | 4 | $122,494 | +33.3% | |
| Data Scientist | 4 | $103,000 | +0.9% | |
| Investigator Tenure Track | 4 | $166,942 | +95.9% | |
| Product Manager | 4 | $143,000 | +3.0% | |
| Project Delivery Manager | 4 | $163,252 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 4 | $129,303 | +1.6% | |
| Senior Software Developer | 4 | $137,146 | +8.8% | |
| Application Developer | 3 | $112,466 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 3 | $108,160 | +1.1% | |
| Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 3 | $118,311 | at the minimum | |
| Data Architect | 3 | $208,884 | +19.1% | |
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.