H-1B wage filings in Rensselaer, NY
Jobs with a worksite in Rensselaer, New York. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
140 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Rensselaer, NY as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 61 employers. The median offered wage was $102,149, 1.4% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Validation Engineer (23).
- Filings
- 140
- Positions covered
- 156
- Employers
- 61
- Median offered
- $102,149
- Median prevailing wage
- $98,883
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,106
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +13%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Rensselaer, NY rose 13%, from $90,000 in fiscal 2020 to $102,149 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 197 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.
Rensselaer, NY by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 104 | $102,149 | +3.0% | $97,198 | +3.1% |
| 2025 | 163 | $99,143 | +5.9% | $92,810 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 194 | $93,600 | −6.7% | $90,147 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 148 | $100,373 | +9.3% | $87,880 | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 119 | $91,847 | −6.4% | $86,188 | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 197 | $98,093 | +9.0% | $81,453 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 181 | $90,000 | n/a | $79,643 | +2.9% |
Employers filing for jobs in Rensselaer
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 61. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Rensselaer
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Validation Engineer | 23 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Validation Specialist | 4 | $85,904 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 3 | $91,770 | +0.6% | |
| Oracle EBS Tech Lead | 3 | $101,000 | +1.5% | |
| Planning Engineer, System Modeling | 3 | $110,000 | +13.2% | |
| QA Validation consultant | 3 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer | 3 | $100,000 | +0.5% | |
| Software Engineer | 3 | $109,273 | +9.8% | |
| Computer Systems Validation Engineer | 2 | $100,132 | at the minimum | |
| QA Shop Floor Compliance Specialist | 2 | $86,861 | +1.1% | |
| Quality Validation Engineer | 2 | $102,149 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Analytical Scientist | 2 | $105,620 | +38.4% | |
| Senior Planning Engineer, Resource Planning | 2 | $136,328 | +18.6% | |
| Senior Quality Assurance Automation Analyst | 2 | $123,905 | +7.8% | |
| Software Applications Developer | 2 | $78,000 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer/Analyst | 2 | $93,600 | +0.1% | |
| Analytical Scientist | 1 | $88,005 | +15.3% | |
| Associate Software Engineer | 1 | $95,246 | +22.1% | |
| Automated Packaging Engineer | 1 | $99,840 | +1.4% | |
| Better Workplace Specialist | 1 | $89,550 | +56.8% | |
| Capacity Accreditation Analyst | 1 | $86,000 | +59.9% | |
| Cloud Engineer | 1 | $112,092 | +12.6% | |
| Commitment Analysis Engineer | 1 | $117,496 | +20.9% | |
| Compliance Specialist | 1 | $142,952 | +50.0% | |
| Computer Programmer | 1 | $78,000 | +1.3% | |
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.