H-1B wage filings in Jersey City, NJ
Jobs with a worksite in Jersey City, New Jersey. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
4,666 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Jersey City, NJ as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 1,316 employers. The median offered wage was $132,560, 3.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (154).
- Filings
- 4,666
- Positions covered
- 6,166
- Employers
- 1,316
- Median offered
- $132,560
- Median prevailing wage
- $126,818
- Filings since FY2020
- 32,110
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Jersey City, NJ rose 17%, from $113,672 in fiscal 2020 to $133,120 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 5,308 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.
Jersey City, NJ by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 3,640 | $133,120 | +2.4% | $126,818 | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 5,177 | $130,000 | +2.3% | $122,239 | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 4,659 | $127,027 | +2.4% | $115,918 | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 4,681 | $124,030 | +0.3% | $109,283 | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 5,308 | $123,614 | +6.5% | $102,055 | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 4,229 | $116,051 | +2.1% | $101,754 | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 4,416 | $113,672 | n/a | $99,902 | +2.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Jersey City
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 1,316. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Jersey City
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 154 | $130,000 | +0.2% | |
| Software Developer | 133 | $131,997 | at the minimum | |
| Vice President, Lead Software Engineer | 121 | $175,000 | +16.0% | |
| Manager | 89 | $126,818 | at the minimum | |
| Associate, Software Engineer III | 66 | $155,750 | +19.0% | |
| Data Scientist | 65 | $113,500 | +0.3% | |
| Data Engineer | 64 | $109,491 | at the minimum | |
| Vice President, Sr Lead Software Engineer | 55 | $200,000 | +12.1% | |
| Computer Programmer | 51 | $98,301 | +0.2% | |
| Java Developer | 50 | $103,210 | at the minimum | |
| Vice President | 50 | $175,000 | +15.4% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 45 | $160,805 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 41 | $104,000 | +0.1% | |
| Senior Consultant | 41 | $130,000 | +9.6% | |
| Database Administrators | 40 | $142,962 | +34.9% | |
| Data Analyst | 39 | $106,704 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Associate | 35 | $94,682 | at the minimum | |
| Architect | 33 | $94,682 | at the minimum | |
| Technology Consultant 2 | 33 | $94,682 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Vice President | 26 | $140,000 | +26.0% | |
| Software Engineering | 26 | $172,180 | +30.4% | |
| Vice President, Sr Manager of Software Engineering | 26 | $204,900 | +8.9% | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 25 | $135,000 | +7.0% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 25 | $150,000 | +17.8% | |
| Senior Manager | 25 | $158,974 | 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.