H-1B wage filings in Sterling, VA
Jobs with a worksite in Sterling, Virginia. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
358 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Sterling, VA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 168 employers. The median offered wage was $115,939, 0.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (27).
- Filings
- 358
- Positions covered
- 419
- Employers
- 168
- Median offered
- $115,939
- Median prevailing wage
- $106,912
- Filings since FY2020
- 3,488
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +20%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Sterling, VA rose 20%, from $97,406 in fiscal 2020 to $116,739 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 652 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.
Sterling, VA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 288 | $116,739 | +5.2% | $106,912 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 397 | $110,968 | +9.5% | $104,083 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 627 | $101,380 | −8.0% | $101,296 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 578 | $110,240 | +11.8% | $101,358 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 652 | $98,600 | −0.4% | $98,550 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 420 | $99,000 | +1.6% | $97,406 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 526 | $97,406 | n/a | $96,595 | +0.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Sterling
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asurion, LLC | 38 | $180,125 | +8.3% | |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 16 | $110,080 | +27.3% | |
| Itstac LLC | 16 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
| Antra, Inc. | 14 | $97,500 | +0.2% | |
| Synechron Inc. | 13 | $114,587 | +7.7% | |
| Dulles Engineering, Inc | 12 | $90,938 | +11.9% | |
| Pycube Inc | 7 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
| iStream Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $112,466 | at the minimum | |
| Nivid Infotech, Inc. | 6 | $97,833 | at the minimum | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 5 | $140,837 | at the minimum | |
| Artek Solutions Inc | 5 | $92,000 | +0.5% | |
| Wynbit Inc | 5 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Tech Wish, LLC | 5 | $126,500 | +0.3% | |
| Incept Data Solutions Inc | 4 | $98,592 | +1.3% | |
| Molg Inc. | 4 | $115,000 | +0.3% | |
| NeST Technologies Corporation | 4 | $112,405 | at the minimum | |
| DEKRA Certification, Inc. | 4 | $85,530 | at the minimum | |
| Trenmor LLC | 3 | $161,158 | at the minimum | |
| Infosys Limited | 3 | $104,083 | at the minimum | |
| Asiacom Americas Inc. | 3 | $66,186 | at the minimum | |
| Assyst Inc. (formerly Advanced Software Systems) | 3 | $126,500 | +0.3% | |
| Secunetics Inc | 3 | $105,000 | +3.5% | |
| M.C. Dean, Inc. | 3 | $88,999 | +13.3% | |
| Sapot Systems, Inc | 3 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| HTMS Inc | 3 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 168. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Sterling
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 27 | $114,026 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer | 24 | $115,000 | +0.3% | |
| Computer Programmer | 13 | $92,000 | at the minimum | |
| Software Programmer | 12 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer IV | 9 | $180,250 | +5.1% | |
| Staff Engineer | 9 | $90,938 | +23.7% | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 7 | $183,467 | +4.6% | |
| Programmer Analyst | 6 | $91,582 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 5 | $83,000 | at the minimum | |
| Project Engineer | 5 | $90,938 | +1.9% | |
| Software Engineer III | 5 | $155,000 | +22.9% | |
| Accountant | 4 | $88,816 | at the minimum | |
| Data Governance Analyst | 4 | $98,592 | +1.3% | |
| Project Manager | 4 | $139,283 | +4.2% | |
| Technical Operations Engineer I | 4 | $114,826 | +39.3% | |
| Associate Director - Technology | 3 | $113,868 | +4.2% | |
| Associate Principal - Technology | 3 | $115,360 | +9.4% | |
| Computer Network Support Specialist | 3 | $66,186 | at the minimum | |
| Fullstack Developer | 3 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Infrastructure Consultant 2 | 3 | $104,083 | at the minimum | |
| Network Engineer | 3 | $134,888 | at the minimum | |
| Operations Tech II | 3 | $96,928 | +8.6% | |
| Operations Technical I | 3 | $65,187 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 3 | $203,475 | +16.0% | |
| Senior Software Developer | 3 | $175,500 | 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.