H-1B wage filings in Cincinnati, OH
Jobs with a worksite in Cincinnati, Ohio. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
1,459 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Cincinnati, OH as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 435 employers. The median offered wage was $100,547, 5.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Developer (65).
- Filings
- 1,459
- Positions covered
- 1,968
- Employers
- 435
- Median offered
- $100,547
- Median prevailing wage
- $93,683
- Filings since FY2020
- 10,454
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Cincinnati, OH rose 21%, from $82,922 in fiscal 2020 to $100,547 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 4.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,798 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.
Cincinnati, OH by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1,142 | $100,547 | +3.3% | $91,270 | +4.6% |
| 2025 | 1,527 | $97,293 | +1.4% | $89,086 | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 1,426 | $95,992 | +1.0% | $90,813 | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 1,462 | $95,000 | +3.2% | $83,179 | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 1,586 | $92,038 | +5.6% | $83,179 | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 1,513 | $87,194 | +5.2% | $86,195 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1,798 | $82,922 | n/a | $78,998 | +3.2% |
Employers filing for jobs in Cincinnati
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 435. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Cincinnati
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 65 | $100,547 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 59 | $100,547 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 44 | $100,547 | at the minimum | |
| Manager | 35 | $97,469 | at the minimum | |
| Research Fellow | 28 | $64,510 | +36.0% | |
| Associate Staff Scientist | 21 | $70,837 | +46.6% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 21 | $243,006 | +251.2% | |
| Assistant Professor | 19 | $104,000 | +61.9% | |
| Senior Associate | 19 | $76,606 | at the minimum | |
| Architect | 18 | $76,606 | at the minimum | |
| Research Assistant | 18 | $56,470 | +50.8% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 16 | $123,279 | +7.4% | |
| Developer | 15 | $96,637 | at the minimum | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 15 | $62,000 | +25.4% | |
| Java Developer | 14 | $100,547 | +0.1% | |
| Software Engineer Senior | 12 | $143,799 | +42.8% | |
| Accountants and Auditors | 11 | $90,558 | +35.0% | |
| Cyber Security Analyst L4 | 11 | $94,682 | at the minimum | |
| Data Analyst | 11 | $84,000 | +0.5% | |
| Physician | 11 | $84,802 | at the minimum | |
| Project Delivery Specialist | 11 | $100,547 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Fellow | 10 | $86,613 | +27.9% | |
| Research Associate | 10 | $65,507 | +26.5% | |
| Lead Data Engineer | 9 | $151,679 | +31.0% | |
| Project Manager | 9 | $97,469 | +7.2% | |
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.