H-1B wage filings in Gaithersburg, MD
Jobs with a worksite in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
329 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Gaithersburg, MD as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 125 employers. The median offered wage was $125,875, 7.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Computer Programmer (11).
- Filings
- 329
- Positions covered
- 321
- Employers
- 125
- Median offered
- $125,875
- Median prevailing wage
- $106,454
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,902
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +28%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Gaithersburg, MD rose 28%, from $97,656 in fiscal 2020 to $125,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 498 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.
Gaithersburg, MD by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 251 | $125,000 | +7.8% | $104,083 | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 398 | $115,977 | +2.5% | $97,157 | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 391 | $113,200 | +2.7% | $97,157 | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 433 | $110,240 | +11.9% | $96,907 | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 498 | $98,556 | no change | $96,346 | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 480 | $98,600 | +1.0% | $95,909 | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 451 | $97,656 | n/a | $96,595 | +2.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Gaithersburg
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 125. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Gaithersburg
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Programmer | 11 | $96,500 | +11.1% | |
| Software Developer | 10 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist | 8 | $99,250 | +12.3% | |
| Software Engineer | 8 | $136,700 | at the minimum | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 5 | $100,000 | +37.3% | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 5 | $84,601 | +25.1% | |
| Lead Data Scientist | 4 | $131,698 | +1.8% | |
| Senior Scientist | 4 | $127,405 | +33.1% | |
| Appian Developer | 3 | $108,836 | at the minimum | |
| Civil Engineer | 3 | $73,549 | +0.1% | |
| Computer Systems Analyst | 3 | $106,912 | at the minimum | |
| Computer Systems Engineer | 3 | $98,000 | +2.3% | |
| Director Credit Risk | 3 | $225,000 | +16.3% | |
| Manager | 3 | $150,758 | at the minimum | |
| Post-Doctoral Associate | 3 | $75,750 | +13.0% | |
| Research Scientist | 3 | $112,643 | +1.9% | |
| Scientist, Cancer Immunology, Oncology Research | 3 | $103,901 | +23.8% | |
| Senior Engineer - .NET | 3 | $163,500 | +8.5% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $108,555 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Solution Architect | 3 | $165,000 | +1.2% | |
| Senior Statistician II | 3 | $155,000 | +59.5% | |
| Accountant | 2 | $99,500 | +12.0% | |
| Associate Director Oncology Outcomes Research | 2 | $185,000 | +134.5% | |
| Associate Director, Oncology Portfolio Analytics | 2 | $157,000 | +28.2% | |
| Assoc. Princ. Scientist, Vector Engineering & Cell Line Dev. | 2 | $161,000 | +14.2% | |
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.