H-1B wage filings in Los Alamos, NM
Jobs with a worksite in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
112 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Los Alamos, NM as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 4 employers. The median offered wage was $135,000, 41.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Associate (40).
- Filings
- 112
- Positions covered
- 109
- Employers
- 4
- Median offered
- $135,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $90,504
- Filings since FY2020
- 747
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +49%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Los Alamos, NM rose 49%, from $89,900 in fiscal 2020 to $134,250 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 44.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 140 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.
Los Alamos, NM by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 87 | $134,250 | +27.3% | $90,504 | +44.7% |
| 2025 | 140 | $105,487 | +1.9% | $90,118 | +22.8% |
| 2024 | 100 | $103,500 | −0.5% | $89,690 | +23.6% |
| 2023 | 95 | $104,000 | +11.8% | $88,504 | +27.3% |
| 2022 | 131 | $93,000 | +6.2% | $76,096 | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 100 | $87,600 | −2.6% | $75,626 | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 94 | $89,900 | n/a | $75,416 | +12.7% |
Employers filing for jobs in Los Alamos
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triad National Security, LLC | 109 | $135,000 | +39.4% | |
| Emory University | 1 | $96,262 | at the minimum | |
| University of Alaska | 1 | $86,008 | +66.3% | |
Showing the 3 employers with the most filings of 4. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Los Alamos
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 40 | $103,472 | +45.7% | |
| Scientist II | 39 | $151,200 | +33.6% | |
| Scientist III | 13 | $169,625 | +9.3% | |
| Director's Postdoctoral Fellow | 5 | $108,019 | +80.2% | |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer Postdoctoral Fellow | 2 | $126,750 | +61.1% | |
| Academic Research Scientist | 1 | $96,262 | at the minimum | |
| Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner – Internal Medicine | 1 | $150,000 | +43.2% | |
| Chick Keller Postdoctoral Fellow | 1 | $99,029 | +9.4% | |
| Director's Postdoc Fellow | 1 | $98,304 | +43.1% | |
| Directors Postdoc Fellow | 1 | $117,911 | +124.4% | |
| Postdoctoral Reserach Associate | 1 | $96,000 | +68.0% | |
| R&D Engineer | 1 | $158,727 | +2.7% | |
| Research & Development Engineer II | 1 | $162,594 | +5.2% | |
| Research Associate (Academic) | 1 | $86,008 | +66.3% | |
| Research Technologist 2 | 1 | $119,513 | +17.4% | |
| Scientist | 1 | $151,373 | +0.4% | |
| Scientist I | 1 | $136,394 | +81.3% | |
| Scientist IV | 1 | $205,000 | +128.5% | |
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.