H-1B wage filings in New Orleans, LA
Jobs with a worksite in New Orleans, Louisiana. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
367 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named New Orleans, LA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 66 employers. The median offered wage was $75,000, 10.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (27).
- Filings
- 367
- Positions covered
- 444
- Employers
- 66
- Median offered
- $75,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $62,525
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,366
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +1%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in New Orleans, LA rose 1%, from $78,206 in fiscal 2020 to $78,603 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 411 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.
New Orleans, LA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 264 | $78,603 | +11.6% | $66,400 | +11.1% |
| 2025 | 379 | $70,408 | +4.5% | $58,219 | +15.6% |
| 2024 | 378 | $67,392 | −7.0% | $56,920 | +17.8% |
| 2023 | 411 | $72,450 | −2.0% | $60,715 | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 388 | $73,965 | −1.4% | $60,424 | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 270 | $75,000 | −4.1% | $60,486 | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 276 | $78,206 | n/a | $65,894 | +8.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in New Orleans
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 66. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in New Orleans
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 27 | $92,250 | +66.4% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 23 | $66,360 | +19.5% | |
| Medical Technologist | 15 | $53,248 | +15.8% | |
| Research Scientist | 9 | $65,000 | +11.1% | |
| Histotechnologist | 8 | $48,828 | +7.4% | |
| Float Pool RN | 6 | $62,400 | at the minimum | |
| Operating Room RN | 6 | $65,416 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 6 | $115,374 | +20.6% | |
| Instructor | 5 | $70,000 | +22.0% | |
| Building Designer | 4 | $67,600 | +1.8% | |
| Emergency Department RN | 4 | $65,416 | at the minimum | |
| Rheumatologist | 4 | $300,000 | +271.5% | |
| Visiting Assistant Professor | 4 | $98,200 | +70.9% | |
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine | 3 | $161,000 | +88.9% | |
| Assistant Professor - Research | 3 | $90,283 | +3.6% | |
| Associate Manager Software Engineering | 3 | $107,228 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Professor | 3 | $109,000 | +59.5% | |
| Bilingual French/English Elementary School Teacher | 3 | $43,630 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 3 | $270,000 | +216.9% | |
| Data Scientist | 3 | $87,720 | +38.0% | |
| DevOps Support Engineer | 3 | $70,000 | +0.5% | |
| Endoscopy RN | 3 | $62,400 | at the minimum | |
| French Teacher | 3 | $54,350 | +0.4% | |
| IS Data Consultant | 3 | $95,520 | +49.8% | |
| Labor and Delivery RN | 3 | $68,432 | 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.