H-1B wage filings in Knoxville, TN
Jobs with a worksite in Knoxville, Tennessee. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
321 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Knoxville, TN as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 94 employers. The median offered wage was $95,285, 16.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (58).
- Filings
- 321
- Positions covered
- 550
- Employers
- 94
- Median offered
- $95,285
- Median prevailing wage
- $74,440
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,857
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Knoxville, TN rose 17%, from $83,257 in fiscal 2020 to $97,282 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 343 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.
Knoxville, TN by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 230 | $97,282 | +5.5% | $78,125 | +17.4% |
| 2025 | 343 | $92,227 | +8.5% | $73,403 | +13.3% |
| 2024 | 299 | $85,000 | −2.1% | $71,590 | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 237 | $86,819 | −0.8% | $79,560 | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 269 | $87,485 | −1.5% | $69,514 | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 226 | $88,800 | +6.7% | $69,909 | +14.4% |
| 2020 | 253 | $83,257 | n/a | $69,265 | +11.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Knoxville
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 94. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Knoxville
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 58 | $95,750 | +35.0% | |
| Clinical Nurse III | 26 | $73,403 | at the minimum | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 21 | $67,018 | +20.5% | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 11 | $102,000 | +41.9% | |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | 7 | $59,950 | +18.2% | |
| Software Developer | 6 | $120,000 | +0.5% | |
| Teaching Associate Professor | 5 | $103,500 | +28.5% | |
| Lecturer | 4 | $70,741 | +16.4% | |
| Physician (Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine) | 4 | $280,800 | +17.4% | |
| Design Verification Engr/Design Ver Dev Program 26 | 3 | $71,573 | at the minimum | |
| Net Developer | 3 | $97,282 | at the minimum | |
| HR Executive | 3 | $56,160 | +2.8% | |
| Software Engineer | 3 | $113,500 | +6.8% | |
| Staff - Level IV | 3 | $79,870 | +0.4% | |
| Associate Software Developer | 2 | $67,829 | at the minimum | |
| Backend Developer | 2 | $78,125 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 2 | $78,674 | +14.9% | |
| Business Architecture Manager | 2 | $158,667 | +43.4% | |
| Clinical Oncologist | 2 | $575,000 | +420.7% | |
| Commercialization and Continuous Improvement Manager | 2 | $125,000 | +13.4% | |
| Consultant | 2 | $71,230 | +15.2% | |
| Data Analyst II | 2 | $90,783 | +22.2% | |
| Developer II | 2 | $115,000 | +32.3% | |
| Manager | 2 | $71,947 | at the minimum | |
| Performance Test Engineer | 2 | $63,773 | 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.