H-1B wage filings in State College, PA
Jobs with a worksite in State College, Pennsylvania. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
54 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named State College, PA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 41 employers. The median offered wage was $100,320, 11.0% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Materials Engineer (3).
- Filings
- 54
- Positions covered
- 52
- Employers
- 41
- Median offered
- $100,320
- Median prevailing wage
- $81,619
- Filings since FY2020
- 274
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +14%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in State College, PA rose 14%, from $86,466 in fiscal 2020 to $98,410 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 52 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.
State College, PA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 52 | $98,410 | −6.5% | $80,257 | +11.0% |
| 2025 | 32 | $105,206 | +19.2% | $89,752 | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 42 | $88,234 | +3.0% | $75,525 | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 38 | $85,631 | −0.8% | $71,656 | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 52 | $86,299 | −15.6% | $74,298 | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 39 | $102,295 | +18.3% | $79,456 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 19 | $86,466 | n/a | $75,067 | +10.3% |
Employers filing for jobs in State College
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 41. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in State College
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Engineer | 3 | $93,600 | +38.8% | |
| ML Engineer | 3 | $86,965 | +5.4% | |
| Software Engineer II | 3 | $100,320 | +34.0% | |
| Chemist | 2 | $95,680 | +20.0% | |
| Data Engineer | 2 | $98,946 | +2.7% | |
| Marketing Specialist | 2 | $56,867 | at the minimum | |
| Program Manager (Logistician) | 2 | $150,000 | +91.0% | |
| Senior AI/ML Engineer | 2 | $134,526 | +16.4% | |
| Actuarial Analyst I | 1 | $87,586 | +18.0% | |
| Applied Scientist II | 1 | $153,088 | +66.7% | |
| Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine | 1 | $244,858 | +332.8% | |
| Associate Attorney | 1 | $65,000 | +4.9% | |
| Associate Professor | 1 | $145,620 | +149.9% | |
| Chinese Teacher | 1 | $49,548 | at the minimum | |
| Computer Programmer | 1 | $80,766 | at the minimum | |
| Consultant | 1 | $100,946 | +75.6% | |
| Designer | 1 | $72,800 | +3.3% | |
| Designer, Mechanical | 1 | $68,890 | at the minimum | |
| DevOps Engineer | 1 | $93,000 | +0.1% | |
| Director of Product, Enterprise Subscription Services | 1 | $255,000 | +113.7% | |
| Electromagnetic Research Engineer | 1 | $115,107 | +24.4% | |
| Food Scientist | 1 | $140,000 | +56.8% | |
| Full Stack Developer | 1 | $128,960 | at the minimum | |
| Hotel project management specialist | 1 | $85,000 | +2.4% | |
| Law Clerk | 1 | $70,000 | +2.0% | |
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.