H-1B wage filings in Charlottesville, VA
Jobs with a worksite in Charlottesville, Virginia. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
335 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Charlottesville, VA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 59 employers. The median offered wage was $82,550, 18.8% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Research Associate (67).
- Filings
- 335
- Positions covered
- 328
- Employers
- 59
- Median offered
- $82,550
- Median prevailing wage
- $67,209
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,102
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +4%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Charlottesville, VA rose 4%, from $81,629 in fiscal 2020 to $85,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 375 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.
Charlottesville, VA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 233 | $85,000 | +3.4% | $69,056 | +17.0% |
| 2025 | 375 | $82,200 | +5.9% | $64,865 | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 323 | $77,600 | −1.0% | $60,304 | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 314 | $78,403 | −7.8% | $59,041 | +24.0% |
| 2022 | 334 | $85,000 | +8.6% | $66,189 | +20.0% |
| 2021 | 251 | $78,250 | −4.1% | $68,567 | +16.2% |
| 2020 | 272 | $81,629 | n/a | $74,714 | +13.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Charlottesville
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 59. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Charlottesville
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Associate | 67 | $64,050 | +15.1% | |
| Assistant Professor | 45 | $115,000 | +38.7% | |
| Research Scientist | 42 | $68,404 | +17.2% | |
| Classroom Teacher | 8 | $69,644 | +23.9% | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 8 | $103,900 | +32.0% | |
| Resident | 7 | $68,370 | +2.8% | |
| Lab Specialist | 5 | $55,869 | +8.2% | |
| Project Director | 3 | $110,282 | at the minimum | |
| Prosthodontist | 3 | $242,100 | +1.2% | |
| Public Policy Sales Analyst | 3 | $87,339 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Development Operations Engineer | 3 | $107,848 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Director of School Systems | 2 | $117,100 | +26.1% | |
| Associate | 2 | $140,031 | +26.4% | |
| Associate Professor | 2 | $192,900 | +15.8% | |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 2 | $95,000 | +1.5% | |
| Clinical Faculty | 2 | $350,002 | +10.6% | |
| Clinical Instructor and Lecturer | 2 | $82,389 | +32.5% | |
| Dentist | 2 | $161,419 | +5.6% | |
| Fermentation III | 2 | $73,070 | at the minimum | |
| Instructor | 2 | $119,995 | +17.8% | |
| Interconnection Manager (Engineering) | 2 | $169,659 | +73.4% | |
| Lead Data Manager | 2 | $245,000 | +140.8% | |
| Lecturer | 2 | $61,000 | +7.7% | |
| Manager | 2 | $175,000 | +132.2% | |
| Medical Laboratory Scientist I | 2 | $58,240 | +39.6% | |
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.