H-1B wage filings in Charleston, SC
Jobs with a worksite in Charleston, South Carolina. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
146 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Charleston, SC as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 48 employers. The median offered wage was $88,909, 11.8% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (18).
- Filings
- 146
- Positions covered
- 138
- Employers
- 48
- Median offered
- $88,909
- Median prevailing wage
- $75,225
- Filings since FY2020
- 897
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Charleston, SC rose 17%, from $77,834 in fiscal 2020 to $90,802 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 143 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.
Charleston, SC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 105 | $90,802 | −10.8% | $79,144 | +11.5% |
| 2025 | 137 | $101,795 | +13.1% | $76,586 | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 139 | $90,000 | +10.8% | $72,320 | +16.1% |
| 2023 | 118 | $81,250 | +9.8% | $66,976 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 125 | $74,000 | −12.5% | $67,293 | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 143 | $84,552 | +8.6% | $71,783 | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 130 | $77,834 | n/a | $74,298 | +5.2% |
Employers filing for jobs in Charleston
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 23 employers with the most filings of 48. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Charleston
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 18 | $200,000 | +91.1% | |
| Registered Nurse - II | 15 | $68,078 | +5.0% | |
| Staff Scientist I | 7 | $67,153 | +2.3% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 4 | $66,300 | +20.9% | |
| Analytical Strategist | 3 | $105,000 | +25.3% | |
| Assistant Professor of Medicine | 3 | $350,000 | +155.7% | |
| Software Developer | 3 | $102,627 | at the minimum | |
| Teaching Fellow | 3 | $68,500 | +2.4% | |
| Advanced Math Teacher | 2 | $56,030 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Professor | 2 | $276,858 | +110.4% | |
| Backend Engineer | 2 | $115,000 | +12.1% | |
| Computer Programmer | 2 | $87,651 | at the minimum | |
| Data and Reporting Analyst | 2 | $80,000 | +62.0% | |
| Engineering Project Manager | 2 | $109,408 | +21.6% | |
| Environmental Field Technician – Erosion Control Systems | 2 | $41,600 | +9.7% | |
| Medical Technologist | 2 | $60,320 | +20.0% | |
| PGY 4 Fellow | 2 | $71,757 | +0.2% | |
| PGY 8 Fellow | 2 | $83,587 | +1.7% | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 2 | $85,500 | +18.1% | |
| Project Designer | 2 | $80,500 | +0.1% | |
| Senior Research Associate | 2 | $69,879 | +6.8% | |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $130,000 | +26.7% | |
| Solutions Architect III | 2 | $180,000 | +43.0% | |
| Web Developer | 2 | n/a | ||
| Architectural Associate | 1 | $95,000 | +18.1% | |
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.