H-1B wage filings in Ithaca, NY
Jobs with a worksite in Ithaca, New York. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
231 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Ithaca, NY as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 35 employers. The median offered wage was $86,445, 17.0% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Associate (54).
- Filings
- 231
- Positions covered
- 341
- Employers
- 35
- Median offered
- $86,445
- Median prevailing wage
- $71,967
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,573
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +27%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Ithaca, NY rose 27%, from $67,260 in fiscal 2020 to $85,739 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 296 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.
Ithaca, NY by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 160 | $85,739 | +0.7% | $70,450 | +14.7% |
| 2025 | 296 | $85,136 | +6.6% | $71,698 | +21.1% |
| 2024 | 214 | $79,893 | −2.7% | $68,162 | +17.8% |
| 2023 | 253 | $82,118 | +13.5% | $68,723 | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 216 | $72,380 | −10.1% | $64,272 | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 227 | $80,468 | +19.6% | $67,714 | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 207 | $67,260 | n/a | $63,981 | +13.9% |
Employers filing for jobs in Ithaca
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | 168 | $80,330 | +18.4% | |
| Cayuga Medical Associates, P.C. | 18 | $271,123 | +44.2% | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 3 | $138,000 | +17.0% | |
| Grandison Management, Inc. | 3 | $63,232 | at the minimum | |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, Inc. | 3 | $92,560 | +59.7% | |
| Ithaca College | 3 | $70,982 | +13.2% | |
| The Knot Worldwide Inc. | 2 | $73,055 | +14.2% | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2 | $149,031 | +8.2% | |
| University of Florida | 2 | $81,575 | +1.4% | |
| RevSpring, Inc. | 1 | $86,590 | at the minimum | |
| Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. | 1 | $65,365 | +5.8% | |
| Guthrie Medical Group, P.C. | 1 | $305,000 | +45.2% | |
| Saturn Tech LLC | 1 | $86,445 | +28.8% | |
| Environmental Defense Fund Inc. | 1 | $98,000 | +23.5% | |
| Halomine Inc | 1 | $69,336 | +18.7% | |
| Minghua Mexico California, Inc. | 1 | $82,014 | +43.5% | |
| HubSpot, Inc. | 1 | $191,000 | +26.2% | |
| California Institute of Technology | 1 | $86,699 | +25.4% | |
| Crowe, LLP | 1 | $73,346 | +3.6% | |
| Azar Design Co, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C. | 1 | $64,210 | at the minimum | |
| Decision Spot | 1 | $94,500 | +21.8% | |
Showing the 21 employers with the most filings of 35. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Ithaca
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Associate | 54 | $67,081 | +5.1% | |
| Assistant Professor | 51 | $134,444 | +60.1% | |
| Research Associate | 26 | $76,000 | +9.7% | |
| Lecturer | 5 | $73,223 | +12.4% | |
| Physician | 4 | $208,650 | +18.7% | |
| Senior Lecturer | 4 | $92,847 | +18.9% | |
| Amazon Scholar | 3 | $138,000 | +17.0% | |
| Assistant Teaching Professor | 3 | $120,910 | +41.8% | |
| Medical Technologist II | 3 | $92,560 | +59.7% | |
| Senior Research Associate | 3 | $131,581 | +9.4% | |
| Assistant Clinical Professor | 2 | $156,500 | +49.5% | |
| Associate Professor | 2 | $140,015 | +30.8% | |
| clinical trainee Resident | 2 | $69,430 | +11.0% | |
| Extension Associate | 2 | $74,277 | +18.2% | |
| Physical Therapist | 2 | $63,232 | at the minimum | |
| Physician (Neurologist) | 2 | $362,988 | +51.6% | |
| Professor | 2 | $256,640 | +30.4% | |
| Project Manager | 2 | $93,670 | +0.7% | |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $149,031 | +8.2% | |
| Special Education Teacher | 2 | $53,291 | at the minimum | |
| Visiting Scientist | 2 | $77,758 | +5.9% | |
| Adjunct Professor | 1 | $693,326 | +455.2% | |
| Affiliate & Revenue Operations Analyst | 1 | $67,762 | +19.1% | |
| Assistant Coach | 1 | $72,275 | +18.3% | |
| Assistant Research Professor | 1 | $90,000 | +8.9% | |
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.