H-1B wage filings in Memphis, TN
Jobs with a worksite in Memphis, Tennessee. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
1,278 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Memphis, TN as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 274 employers. The median offered wage was $92,769, 9.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Associate (66).
- Filings
- 1,278
- Positions covered
- 1,535
- Employers
- 274
- Median offered
- $92,769
- Median prevailing wage
- $79,664
- Filings since FY2020
- 8,751
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Memphis, TN rose 25%, from $75,754 in fiscal 2020 to $95,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 1,490 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.
Memphis, TN by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 981 | $95,000 | +9.5% | $80,184 | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 1,490 | $86,760 | +0.5% | $78,250 | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 1,302 | $86,320 | +1.1% | $75,130 | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 1,056 | $85,342 | +2.9% | $72,280 | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 1,243 | $82,950 | +6.3% | $69,888 | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 1,264 | $78,011 | +3.0% | $69,014 | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 1,415 | $75,754 | n/a | $67,122 | +9.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Memphis
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 274. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Memphis
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 66 | $72,530 | +36.2% | |
| Assistant Professor | 44 | $65,486 | +12.8% | |
| Software Developer | 42 | $98,000 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist | 40 | $86,320 | +35.7% | |
| Associate Scientist | 22 | $65,520 | +3.0% | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 14 | $56,257 | +5.6% | |
| Clinical Fellow | 13 | $76,164 | +0.8% | |
| Sr Bioinformatics Research Scientist | 12 | $104,000 | +56.4% | |
| Senior Scientist | 12 | $104,000 | +40.6% | |
| Software Engineer | 12 | $97,443 | +0.4% | |
| Full Stack Developer III | 10 | $109,924 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 10 | $90,792 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Member | 9 | $162,303 | +35.9% | |
| Data Scientist | 9 | $95,504 | +13.3% | |
| Advisor-Operations Research | 8 | $121,072 | +4.0% | |
| Bioinformatics Research Scientist | 8 | $86,320 | +50.0% | |
| Lead Researcher-LR | 8 | $63,627 | at the minimum | |
| Neurologist Physician | 8 | $260,000 | +70.7% | |
| Registered Nurse - System Float Pool | 8 | $74,734 | at the minimum | |
| Sr Researcher-LR | 8 | $54,080 | +1.5% | |
| Software Engineer III | 8 | $116,106 | at the minimum | |
| Computational Research Scientist | 7 | $86,320 | +35.7% | |
| Data Analyst | 7 | $82,035 | at the minimum | |
| Advisor - Software Engineer | 6 | $142,000 | +9.0% | |
| Biostatistician | 6 | $86,320 | +53.4% | |
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.