H-1B wage filings in Grand Forks, ND
Jobs with a worksite in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
60 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Grand Forks, ND as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 6 employers. The median offered wage was $78,347, 18.4% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (8).
- Filings
- 60
- Positions covered
- 63
- Employers
- 6
- Median offered
- $78,347
- Median prevailing wage
- $65,751
- Filings since FY2020
- 397
- Median offer change since FY2020
- −4%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Grand Forks, ND fell 4%, from $83,500 in fiscal 2020 to $80,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 82 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.
Grand Forks, ND by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 49 | $80,000 | +12.1% | $66,270 | +17.6% |
| 2025 | 74 | $71,385 | −3.5% | $61,310 | +20.4% |
| 2024 | 52 | $74,000 | +10.0% | $64,126 | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 82 | $67,249 | +5.1% | $56,217 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 63 | $64,000 | −8.6% | $57,389 | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 36 | $70,000 | −16.2% | $61,090 | +25.6% |
| 2020 | 41 | $83,500 | n/a | $60,060 | +21.4% |
Employers filing for jobs in Grand Forks
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Dakota | 35 | $78,957 | +21.0% | |
| Altru Health System | 12 | $357,500 | +41.4% | |
| Grand Forks Public Schools | 10 | $65,144 | at the minimum | |
| Sanford | 1 | $40,477 | at the minimum | |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | 1 | $105,000 | +36.6% | |
Showing the 5 employers with the most filings of 6. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Grand Forks
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 8 | $87,500 | +32.5% | |
| Assistant Research Professor | 2 | $118,652 | +50.2% | |
| Associate Professor | 2 | $120,090 | +35.7% | |
| Lab Technical Specialist | 2 | $76,000 | +46.5% | |
| Psychiatrist | 2 | $473,801 | +98.1% | |
| Pulmonary Critical Care Physician | 2 | $500,000 | +16.4% | |
| RN III | 2 | $101,400 | +42.3% | |
| Senior Lead Flight Instructor | 2 | $65,265 | +5.1% | |
| Special Education Teacher (High School) | 2 | $62,048 | +2.8% | |
| Acute Care Surgeon | 1 | $550,000 | +129.9% | |
| Assistant Professor, Communication Department | 1 | $69,232 | +19.8% | |
| Assistant Professor - Computational Biologist | 1 | $90,000 | +63.1% | |
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry | 1 | $77,000 | +24.7% | |
| Assistant Professor of Communication | 1 | $66,500 | +15.0% | |
| Assistant Professor of Engineering | 1 | $95,000 | +43.4% | |
| Assistant Professor of Finance | 1 | $149,594 | +99.8% | |
| Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering | 1 | $95,304 | +15.6% | |
| Biomedical Researcher | 1 | $53,851 | at the minimum | |
| Certified Flight Instructor | 1 | $66,560 | +14.0% | |
| Computer Scientist | 1 | $105,000 | +36.6% | |
| Dentist | 1 | $150,010 | +16.6% | |
| Emergency Medicine Physician | 1 | $704,914 | +194.7% | |
| English Teacher (High School) | 1 | $70,712 | at the minimum | |
| Head Start Teacher | 1 | $68,318 | at the minimum | |
| High School SAIL Teacher (Student Achieving Indep Life) | 1 | $65,504 | at the minimum | |
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.