H-1B wage filings in Santa Fe, NM
Jobs with a worksite in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
114 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Santa Fe, NM as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 43 employers. The median offered wage was $81,484, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Java Developer (16).
- Filings
- 114
- Positions covered
- 112
- Employers
- 43
- Median offered
- $81,484
- Median prevailing wage
- $79,768
- Filings since FY2020
- 663
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +16%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Santa Fe, NM rose 16%, from $70,610 in fiscal 2020 to $81,619 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 107 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.
Santa Fe, NM by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 84 | $81,619 | +5.7% | $81,308 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 107 | $77,230 | −3.6% | $71,968 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 106 | $80,142 | −3.7% | $74,693 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 97 | $83,242 | +4.2% | $80,142 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 96 | $79,863 | +5.6% | $78,603 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 90 | $75,608 | +7.1% | $58,344 | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 83 | $70,610 | n/a | $63,502 | +14.7% |
Employers filing for jobs in Santa Fe
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 43. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Santa Fe
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Developer | 16 | $79,884 | +0.1% | |
| Software Developer | 9 | $97,822 | +4.0% | |
| IT Application Developer | 6 | $83,771 | +17.8% | |
| Computer Specialist II | 4 | $58,885 | at the minimum | |
| Senior IT Application Developer | 4 | $81,619 | at the minimum | |
| Data Analyst | 3 | $66,880 | at the minimum | |
| IT Application Developer II | 3 | $82,399 | +18.4% | |
| Software Application Developer | 3 | $75,608 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 3 | $105,000 | +24.4% | |
| Associate IT Database Administrator | 2 | $77,979 | +6.4% | |
| Net Developer | 2 | $114,702 | +17.3% | |
| Economist III | 2 | $84,282 | at the minimum | |
| Project Delivery Senior Analyst | 2 | $92,754 | +22.7% | |
| Software QA Analyst and Tester | 2 | $81,266 | at the minimum | |
| Surgery – Oncology and Surgery: Transplant | 2 | $600,000 | +421.2% | |
| Teacher - 1st Grade | 2 | $52,500 | at the minimum | |
| AI Engineer | 1 | n/a | ||
| Architect | 1 | $70,000 | +20.1% | |
| Associate Attorney | 1 | $87,838 | at the minimum | |
| Associate IT Network Administrator | 1 | $55,273 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Research Scientist | 1 | $86,507 | +49.3% | |
| Automation Tester | 1 | $98,925 | at the minimum | |
| Community Outreach Specialist 3 | 1 | $132,548 | +136.9% | |
| Counselor | 1 | $65,000 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 1 | $123,885 | +20.8% | |
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.