H-1B wage filings in Reston, VA
Jobs with a worksite in Reston, Virginia. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
960 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Reston, VA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 342 employers. The median offered wage was $126,090, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Developer (85).
- Filings
- 960
- Positions covered
- 2,406
- Employers
- 342
- Median offered
- $126,090
- Median prevailing wage
- $122,699
- Filings since FY2020
- 8,783
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +29%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Reston, VA rose 29%, from $97,406 in fiscal 2020 to $126,090 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,858 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.
Reston, VA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 731 | $126,090 | +2.5% | $122,699 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 1,060 | $122,988 | +6.9% | $122,699 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,105 | $115,000 | +4.1% | $114,026 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,215 | $110,510 | +3.3% | $110,240 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,496 | $107,000 | +7.0% | $98,550 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,318 | $100,000 | +2.7% | $97,406 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,858 | $97,406 | n/a | $96,595 | +0.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Reston
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 342. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Reston
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 85 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 76 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Computer Programmer | 63 | $91,600 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 32 | $128,440 | +0.5% | |
| Technical Architect | 21 | $112,466 | at the minimum | |
| DevOps Engineer | 16 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Java Developer | 11 | $110,313 | +0.5% | |
| Data Analyst | 10 | $99,840 | +7.4% | |
| Programmer/Analyst | 10 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 9 | $115,939 | at the minimum | |
| Database Administrator | 8 | $95,685 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 7 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Developer | 7 | $135,420 | +5.1% | |
| Senior DevOps Engineer | 7 | $148,638 | +18.8% | |
| Application Developer | 6 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Data Scientist | 6 | $115,970 | at the minimum | |
| Lead Software Engineer | 6 | $175,427 | at the minimum | |
| Production Support Specialist | 6 | $106,454 | at the minimum | |
| Software Programmer | 6 | $102,685 | +3.0% | |
| Programmer Analyst | 5 | $110,753 | +5.1% | |
| Senior Software Developer | 5 | $144,393 | +5.7% | |
| Software Engineering | 5 | $159,200 | +27.4% | |
| Technical Consultant | 5 | $107,000 | +0.1% | |
| Technical Program Manager | 5 | $162,000 | +23.9% | |
| Applications Developer | 4 | $150,759 | 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.