H-1B wage filings in Chattanooga, TN
Jobs with a worksite in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
238 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Chattanooga, TN as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 99 employers. The median offered wage was $109,283, 10.6% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Developer (11).
- Filings
- 238
- Positions covered
- 284
- Employers
- 99
- Median offered
- $109,283
- Median prevailing wage
- $90,064
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,095
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Chattanooga, TN rose 32%, from $79,456 in fiscal 2020 to $105,247 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 10.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 401 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.
Chattanooga, TN by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 177 | $105,247 | +12.2% | $89,877 | +10.6% |
| 2025 | 272 | $93,766 | +7.8% | $86,653 | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 248 | $87,000 | −3.3% | $83,117 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 291 | $90,000 | +4.9% | $85,715 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 379 | $85,821 | +7.3% | $78,624 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 327 | $80,000 | +0.7% | $78,146 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 401 | $79,456 | n/a | $74,339 | +4.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Chattanooga
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 99. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Chattanooga
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 11 | $110,510 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 6 | $90,064 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 4 | $88,504 | at the minimum | |
| Operations Manager | 4 | $145,000 | +4.3% | |
| Senior Industrial Engineer | 4 | $128,628 | +29.7% | |
| Sr Subject Matter Expert (Support&Ops) | 4 | $110,182 | +73.5% | |
| Engineer III- Protection and Control | 3 | $109,252 | at the minimum | |
| Lead Techical Consultant - Audio & Video Production | 3 | $63,000 | +2.6% | |
| Packaged App Development Assoc Manager | 3 | $121,800 | +35.5% | |
| Production Engineer | 3 | $71,718 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Associate | 3 | $60,000 | +7.2% | |
| Senior Consultant | 3 | $109,283 | +84.3% | |
| Senior Software Developer | 3 | $115,000 | +4.1% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $130,936 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer II - Mainframe | 3 | $110,510 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineering Advisor | 3 | $127,575 | +15.4% | |
| Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering | 2 | $90,000 | +13.0% | |
| Assistant Professor of Mathematics | 2 | $75,000 | +73.1% | |
| Business Analyst | 2 | $76,772 | +0.1% | |
| Business Analytics Manager | 2 | $152,006 | +14.6% | |
| Construction Services Manager | 2 | $81,224 | at the minimum | |
| Controls Engineer | 2 | $90,374 | +8.6% | |
| Database Administrator | 2 | $105,730 | +13.2% | |
| Dentist | 2 | $141,498 | +4.5% | |
| Endocrinologist | 2 | $265,000 | +10.8% | |
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.