H-1B wage filings in Newark, NJ
Jobs with a worksite in Newark, New Jersey. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
884 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Newark, NJ as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 223 employers. The median offered wage was $126,818, 4.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Dev Engineer II (63).
- Filings
- 884
- Positions covered
- 1,512
- Employers
- 223
- Median offered
- $126,818
- Median prevailing wage
- $109,491
- Filings since FY2020
- 6,219
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +31%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Newark, NJ rose 31%, from $96,595 in fiscal 2020 to $126,360 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 4.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,005 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.
Newark, NJ by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 658 | $126,360 | +2.2% | $109,491 | +4.4% |
| 2025 | 937 | $123,656 | +2.7% | $111,966 | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 883 | $120,349 | +2.8% | $108,306 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 859 | $117,042 | +4.6% | $109,283 | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,000 | $111,900 | +10.0% | $101,754 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 877 | $101,754 | +5.3% | $100,526 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,005 | $96,595 | n/a | $92,435 | at the minimum |
Employers filing for jobs in Newark
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 223. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Newark
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Dev Engineer II | 63 | $158,100 | +19.8% | |
| Assistant Professor | 33 | $225,000 | +60.5% | |
| Application Developer | 26 | $126,475 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 25 | $121,600 | +17.8% | |
| Software Developer | 23 | $132,000 | at the minimum | |
| Architect | 20 | $94,682 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Associate | 19 | $102,086 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 19 | $108,000 | at the minimum | |
| Manager | 18 | $126,818 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 16 | $133,750 | +1.7% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 15 | $130,000 | +10.7% | |
| Software Dev Engineer III | 15 | $184,900 | +15.0% | |
| Computer Programmer | 12 | $122,000 | +0.1% | |
| Data Engineer | 11 | $119,683 | at the minimum | |
| Research Associate II | 9 | $69,585 | +6.6% | |
| Research Teaching Specialist II | 9 | $72,749 | +2.2% | |
| Senior Manager | 7 | $158,974 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Actuary | 6 | $152,671 | +20.6% | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 6 | $67,290 | +5.2% | |
| Programmer Analyst | 6 | $103,000 | +0.2% | |
| Quality Assurance Engineer II | 6 | $125,300 | +22.7% | |
| Consumer Behavior Analyst | 5 | $65,000 | +5.2% | |
| Director, Software Development | 5 | $203,400 | +4.0% | |
| Director, Tech Lead | 5 | $208,200 | +10.1% | |
| Research Teaching Specialist III | 5 | $65,543 | +6.6% | |
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.