H-1B wage filings in Riverside, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Riverside, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
232 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Riverside, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 86 employers. The median offered wage was $110,000, 8.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (38).
- Filings
- 232
- Positions covered
- 226
- Employers
- 86
- Median offered
- $110,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $90,376
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,299
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +54%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Riverside, CA rose 54%, from $71,784 in fiscal 2020 to $110,400 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 254 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.
Riverside, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 183 | $110,400 | +16.2% | $87,560 | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 254 | $95,000 | +6.9% | $87,901 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 170 | $88,899 | −1.2% | $80,954 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 168 | $90,000 | +10.0% | $74,984 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 170 | $81,806 | +1.8% | $76,889 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 179 | $80,367 | +12.0% | $70,720 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 175 | $71,784 | n/a | $65,300 | +1.7% |
Employers filing for jobs in Riverside
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 86. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Riverside
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 38 | $113,900 | +34.9% | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | 29 | $76,700 | at the minimum | |
| Postdoc-Employee | 8 | $77,030 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 6 | $122,500 | +9.9% | |
| Air Resources Engineer | 4 | $121,164 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Specialist | 4 | $79,100 | at the minimum | |
| Chief AI Engineer | 4 | $150,000 | +26.6% | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 4 | $77,030 | at the minimum | |
| Project Engineer | 4 | $95,191 | +10.0% | |
| Specialist | 4 | $108,353 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor of Teaching | 3 | $130,000 | +42.8% | |
| Assistant Specialist | 3 | $67,000 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Engineer | 3 | $110,496 | +17.4% | |
| Business Systems Analyst | 3 | $183,120 | +47.5% | |
| Accountants and Auditors | 2 | $119,775 | +56.1% | |
| Air Pollution Specialist | 2 | $113,589 | at the minimum | |
| Computer Programmer | 2 | $104,000 | +10.4% | |
| Laboratory Scientist | 2 | $66,000 | +1.0% | |
| Marketing Specialist | 2 | $49,723 | +4.8% | |
| Physician/Assistant Professor - Psychiatrist | 2 | $378,000 | +70.7% | |
| Professor | 2 | $240,800 | +129.3% | |
| Senior Manager, Quality Engineering | 2 | $138,296 | +10.2% | |
| Sr. Software Developer Architect- AIRPA | 2 | $144,414 | +8.5% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 | $133,000 | +3.4% | |
| Staff Air Pollution Specialist | 2 | $132,890 | 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.