H-1B wage filings in West Des Moines, IA
Jobs with a worksite in West Des Moines, Iowa. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
215 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named West Des Moines, IA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 94 employers. The median offered wage was $102,758, 0.7% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Developer (35).
- Filings
- 215
- Positions covered
- 212
- Employers
- 94
- Median offered
- $102,758
- Median prevailing wage
- $100,838
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,612
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +24%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in West Des Moines, IA rose 24%, from $81,966 in fiscal 2020 to $101,935 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 273 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.
West Des Moines, IA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 162 | $101,935 | −0.4% | $100,838 | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 208 | $102,294 | +6.4% | $96,304 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 208 | $96,100 | +2.5% | $87,069 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 236 | $93,766 | +5.2% | $85,467 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 259 | $89,128 | +4.0% | $84,718 | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 266 | $85,717 | +4.6% | $84,760 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 273 | $81,966 | n/a | $80,600 | at the minimum |
Employers filing for jobs in West Des Moines
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 94. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in West Des Moines
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 35 | $100,838 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 12 | $101,600 | +0.2% | |
| Manager | 10 | $106,122 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Associate | 9 | $84,115 | at the minimum | |
| SSIS Developer | 7 | $94,682 | +12.6% | |
| Java Developer | 5 | $100,838 | at the minimum | |
| Analyst - Testing | 4 | $85,634 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 4 | $96,500 | +13.2% | |
| Data Scientist | 4 | $103,500 | +0.9% | |
| Senior Software Developer | 4 | $138,754 | +7.2% | |
| Application Developer III | 3 | $108,000 | +7.1% | |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 3 | $199,285 | +26.5% | |
| IT Project Manager | 3 | $106,122 | at the minimum | |
| Project Manager II | 3 | $99,466 | at the minimum | |
| Architect I - Software Testing | 2 | $108,376 | +41.7% | |
| Computer Programmer | 2 | $86,000 | +10.6% | |
| Developer | 2 | $76,180 | at the minimum | |
| Front End Developer | 2 | $105,976 | +5.1% | |
| Guidewire QA Tester | 2 | $85,634 | at the minimum | |
| IAM Engineer | 2 | $86,988 | +11.8% | |
| Lead II - Software Engineering | 2 | $113,932 | +35.2% | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2 | $141,600 | +71.6% | |
| Senior Application Developer - Salesforce | 2 | $140,000 | +24.3% | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 2 | $143,000 | +18.0% | |
| Software Developer III | 2 | $139,254 | +0.5% | |
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.