H-1B wage filings in Madison, WI
Jobs with a worksite in Madison, Wisconsin. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
1,024 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Madison, WI as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 234 employers. The median offered wage was $99,840, 16.7% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Scientist I (78).
- Filings
- 1,024
- Positions covered
- 1,177
- Employers
- 234
- Median offered
- $99,840
- Median prevailing wage
- $85,509
- Filings since FY2020
- 6,918
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +19%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Madison, WI rose 19%, from $85,000 in fiscal 2020 to $100,834 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 1,129 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.
Madison, WI by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 797 | $100,834 | +6.9% | $87,410 | +17.3% |
| 2025 | 989 | $94,328 | +1.9% | $79,175 | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 922 | $92,530 | +1.1% | $74,516 | +17.9% |
| 2023 | 923 | $91,479 | +2.2% | $79,664 | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 1,049 | $89,544 | −0.5% | $83,408 | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 1,129 | $90,000 | +5.9% | $81,058 | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 1,109 | $85,000 | n/a | $76,398 | +3.4% |
Employers filing for jobs in Madison
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 234. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Madison
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientist I | 78 | $68,925 | +16.8% | |
| Assistant Professor | 77 | $116,688 | +81.0% | |
| Software Developer | 55 | $114,504 | +1.3% | |
| Research Associate-Postdegree Trainee | 54 | $61,008 | +14.9% | |
| Software Engineer | 38 | $126,803 | +13.3% | |
| Scientist II | 22 | $80,959 | +45.2% | |
| Senior Engineer | 22 | $131,021 | +28.4% | |
| Researcher I | 15 | $60,699 | +19.6% | |
| Business Analyst | 13 | $88,546 | +3.4% | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 13 | $162,100 | +65.1% | |
| Lead Application Development Engineer | 11 | $153,666 | +25.8% | |
| Technician, Biomanufacturing Downstream/mRNA | 11 | $56,277 | +29.6% | |
| Data Scientist | 10 | $115,728 | +2.9% | |
| Scientist III | 10 | $94,647 | +49.2% | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 10 | $135,755 | +26.0% | |
| Computer Programmer | 9 | $89,440 | +1.6% | |
| Java Developer | 8 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Researcher 2 | 8 | $76,742 | +31.3% | |
| Senior Software Developer | 8 | $130,894 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 8 | $147,029 | +17.1% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor - Hospitalist | 7 | $69,971 | at the minimum | |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 7 | $237,904 | +34.5% | |
| Silicon Generalist | 7 | $125,000 | +58.0% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 6 | $95,890 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 6 | $108,556 | +10.0% | |
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.