H-1B wage filings in Norfolk, VA
Jobs with a worksite in Norfolk, Virginia. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
331 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Norfolk, VA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 80 employers. The median offered wage was $111,030, 12.9% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (27).
- Filings
- 331
- Positions covered
- 347
- Employers
- 80
- Median offered
- $111,030
- Median prevailing wage
- $101,130
- Filings since FY2020
- 3,339
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +38%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Norfolk, VA rose 38%, from $80,517 in fiscal 2020 to $111,030 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 12.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 948 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.
Norfolk, VA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 248 | $111,030 | +4.7% | $99,335 | +12.1% |
| 2025 | 313 | $106,018 | +6.0% | $92,616 | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 358 | $100,000 | +3.4% | $89,502 | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 431 | $96,678 | +5.5% | $91,603 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 493 | $91,603 | +8.3% | $84,552 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 548 | $84,552 | +5.0% | $79,830 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 948 | $80,517 | n/a | $80,122 | at the minimum |
Employers filing for jobs in Norfolk
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 80. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Norfolk
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 27 | $99,282 | +67.1% | |
| Manager | 17 | $111,030 | at the minimum | |
| Engineer Lead | 16 | $159,097 | +10.0% | |
| Engineer Senior | 16 | $135,647 | +5.3% | |
| Lecturer | 10 | $67,498 | +25.7% | |
| Software Engineer | 6 | $114,663 | +17.6% | |
| Business Information Consultant | 5 | $112,803 | +13.6% | |
| Design Engineer | 5 | $80,930 | +0.1% | |
| Engineer III | 5 | $113,495 | +10.1% | |
| Specialist I - Software Engineering | 5 | $105,078 | +1.9% | |
| Systems Analyst Senior Advisor | 5 | $137,975 | +12.7% | |
| Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst | 4 | $62,400 | +28.5% | |
| Field Engineer | 4 | $81,800 | +28.1% | |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 4 | $212,503 | +110.1% | |
| Internal Medicine Physician | 4 | $255,294 | +48.2% | |
| Lead II - Software Engineering | 4 | $111,298 | +25.8% | |
| Application Architect | 3 | $168,480 | +14.2% | |
| Business Information Developer Consultant Senior | 3 | $135,687 | +10.9% | |
| Software Developer | 3 | $103,126 | at the minimum | |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | 3 | $74,000 | +5.7% | |
| Application Developer | 2 | $92,714 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Data Architect I | 2 | $139,740 | +40.5% | |
| Associate II – Production Support | 2 | $82,800 | +0.1% | |
| BI Sol Engineer Senior Advisor | 2 | $147,458 | +8.0% | |
| BIM Specialist | 2 | $90,000 | +12.9% | |
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.