H-1B wage filings in Seattle, WA
Jobs with a worksite in Seattle, Washington. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
15,600 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Seattle, WA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 1,176 employers. The median offered wage was $161,637, 9.6% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Dev Engineer II (2,565).
- Filings
- 15,600
- Positions covered
- 41,839
- Employers
- 1,176
- Median offered
- $161,637
- Median prevailing wage
- $149,240
- Filings since FY2020
- 96,163
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +19%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Seattle, WA rose 19%, from $134,098 in fiscal 2020 to $160,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 9.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 16,363 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.
Seattle, WA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 12,856 | $160,000 | +5.1% | $143,926 | +9.6% |
| 2025 | 14,740 | $152,300 | −0.7% | $137,259 | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 12,953 | $153,373 | +8.8% | $128,502 | +16.0% |
| 2023 | 12,654 | $140,920 | no change | $125,611 | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 16,363 | $140,920 | +4.2% | $119,350 | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 11,885 | $135,268 | +0.9% | $113,110 | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 14,712 | $134,098 | n/a | $113,110 | +19.9% |
Employers filing for jobs in Seattle
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 6,319 | $163,000 | +10.8% | |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 1,300 | $158,300 | +9.6% | |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 821 | $152,100 | +10.4% | |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 531 | $150,000 | +13.9% | |
| Apple Inc. | 442 | $182,735 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 346 | $175,350 | +14.6% | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 296 | $203,412 | +11.9% | |
| Expedia, Inc. | 280 | $150,886 | at the minimum | |
| People Tech Group, Inc | 242 | $125,050 | at the minimum | |
| University of Washington | 187 | $94,383 | +33.2% | |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | 178 | $157,190 | +16.0% | |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | 158 | $161,870 | +11.3% | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 112 | $154,098 | +28.0% | |
| Stripe, LLC | 109 | $180,710 | +5.4% | |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 108 | $174,400 | +7.4% | |
| Pinterest, Inc. | 108 | $180,710 | at the minimum | |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 100 | $203,000 | +19.0% | |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 99 | $203,400 | +11.0% | |
| Social Finance, LLC | 95 | $215,000 | +16.4% | |
| Adobe Inc. | 75 | $172,382 | +7.2% | |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | 68 | $87,173 | +26.0% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 67 | $184,000 | at the minimum | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 67 | $169,065 | at the minimum | |
| Axon Enterprise, Inc. | 66 | $165,000 | +4.0% | |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 63 | $149,240 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 1,176. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Seattle
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.