H-1B wage filings in Oak Ridge, TN
Jobs with a worksite in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
264 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Oak Ridge, TN as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 8 employers. The median offered wage was $123,000, 58.0% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Advanced Mobility Research and Development Staff (5).
- Filings
- 264
- Positions covered
- 263
- Employers
- 8
- Median offered
- $123,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $76,190
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,548
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +30%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Oak Ridge, TN rose 30%, from $95,502 in fiscal 2020 to $123,765 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 61.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 259 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.
Oak Ridge, TN by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 192 | $123,765 | +3.8% | $76,190 | +61.7% |
| 2025 | 250 | $119,254 | +4.2% | $70,803 | +52.9% |
| 2024 | 259 | $114,444 | +4.5% | $70,803 | +61.3% |
| 2023 | 228 | $109,560 | +4.3% | $63,378 | +53.7% |
| 2022 | 238 | $105,000 | +11.6% | $63,378 | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 202 | $94,045 | −1.5% | $63,981 | +40.8% |
| 2020 | 179 | $95,502 | n/a | $80,818 | +23.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Oak Ridge
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | 256 | $122,916 | +58.2% | |
| Covenant Medical Group | 2 | $500,000 | +109.0% | |
| Edelman Financial Engines, LLC | 1 | $135,300 | +56.4% | |
| Hospital Medicine Services of Tennessee, P.C. | 1 | $280,800 | +17.4% | |
| Michigan State University | 1 | $92,250 | +37.6% | |
Showing the 5 employers with the most filings of 8. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Oak Ridge
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Mobility Research and Development Staff | 5 | $135,582 | +53.1% | |
| Grid Systems Hardware Research Assistant | 3 | $112,644 | +65.5% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate - Heterogeneous Catalysis | 3 | $81,872 | +41.1% | |
| Research Scientist | 3 | $131,748 | +64.8% | |
| Research Scientist in Quantum Computer Science | 3 | $151,997 | +90.2% | |
| US ITER Project Engineer - Technical Staff Member | 3 | $132,154 | +47.6% | |
| Associate Research & Development Scientist, Buildings Equip | 2 | $128,756 | +45.4% | |
| CFD Applications Engineer | 2 | $137,132 | +80.0% | |
| Computational Instrument Scientist Triple Axis Spectroscopy | 2 | $126,600 | +46.9% | |
| Electrical Engineer | 2 | $114,911 | +50.0% | |
| Gastroenterologist | 2 | $500,000 | +109.0% | |
| Neutron Scattering Scientist | 2 | $161,345 | +63.9% | |
| Physical Metallurgy of Lightweight Alloys - R&D Associate | 2 | $129,946 | +77.4% | |
| Postdoc Res Assoc-Platinum Group Metals Recycling Specialist | 2 | $87,261 | +33.4% | |
| Postdoc Research Associate -Computational Systems Biology | 2 | $91,447 | +58.6% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 2 | $92,587 | +46.5% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate - Materials Theory | 2 | $87,714 | +29.8% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate - Microbial Modeling | 2 | $97,013 | +93.3% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate - Non-linear Optical Imaging | 2 | $82,051 | +22.4% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Synthetic Biology | 2 | $82,640 | +60.3% | |
| R&D Associate, Grid Systems Hardware | 2 | $122,040 | +79.3% | |
| R&D Associate - Polymer Synthesis & Characterization | 2 | $119,065 | +107.9% | |
| R&D Associate, Power Electronics | 2 | $124,678 | +74.2% | |
| R&D Associate - Quantum Materials and Neutron Scattering | 2 | $115,800 | +24.9% | |
| R&D Associate Staff Member | 2 | $126,036 | +46.5% | |
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.