H-1B wage filings in Cedar Rapids, IA
Jobs with a worksite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
258 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Cedar Rapids, IA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 63 employers. The median offered wage was $116,189, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Principal Engineer, Software Engineering (32).
- Filings
- 258
- Positions covered
- 261
- Employers
- 63
- Median offered
- $116,189
- Median prevailing wage
- $116,189
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,107
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +48%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA rose 48%, from $81,411 in fiscal 2020 to $120,328 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 440 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.
Cedar Rapids, IA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 199 | $120,328 | +11.3% | $116,189 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 268 | $108,139 | +5.5% | $101,379 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 258 | $102,544 | −0.7% | $91,749 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 280 | $103,314 | +10.3% | $92,747 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 321 | $93,704 | +12.6% | $93,704 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 341 | $83,221 | +2.2% | $77,218 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 440 | $81,411 | n/a | $81,120 | at the minimum |
Employers filing for jobs in Cedar Rapids
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 63. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Cedar Rapids
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Engineer, Software Engineering | 32 | $133,494 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Engineer, Software Engineering | 26 | $116,189 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Engineer, Systems Engineering | 10 | $111,291 | at the minimum | |
| Engineer II, Software Engineering | 9 | $98,883 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering | 8 | $133,494 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Principal Engineer, Software Engineering | 8 | $133,494 | at the minimum | |
| Engineer II, Systems Engineering | 6 | $98,883 | at the minimum | |
| Electrical Engineer II | 5 | $105,000 | +22.3% | |
| Hospitalist Physician | 5 | $320,653 | +34.1% | |
| Software Test Engineer | 5 | $96,000 | +3.7% | |
| Device Engineer | 4 | $123,000 | +2.2% | |
| Project Manager | 4 | $83,000 | +13.7% | |
| Software Developer | 4 | $129,498 | +3.5% | |
| Software Engineer | 4 | $98,883 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Engineer, E&E Engineering | 3 | $120,328 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | 3 | $120,328 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer II | 3 | $88,486 | +10.9% | |
| Application Programmer Analyst | 2 | $82,100 | +0.1% | |
| Application Scientist | 2 | $112,498 | +83.2% | |
| Associate Director, Software Engineering | 2 | $164,757 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Manager Software Engineering | 2 | $120,595 | +3.8% | |
| Cardiologist | 2 | $567,500 | +476.5% | |
| Net Developer | 2 | $92,500 | +0.3% | |
| Embedded Engineer | 2 | $100,152 | +2.1% | |
| Gastroenterologist | 2 | $563,465 | +135.6% | |
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.