The Associated Press H-1B wage filings
New York, NY. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Associated Press filed 5 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $156,060, 7.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 5
- Positions covered
- 5
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 5
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Filings since FY2020
- 26
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +13%
Offered wage since 2020
The Associated Press's median H-1B wage offer rose 13%, from $137,957 in fiscal 2022 to $156,060 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 6 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.
The Associated Press by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 5 | $156,060 | n/a | $146,557 | +7.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 6 | $125,000 | −16.7% | $109,991 | +15.4% |
| 2023 | 4 | $150,000 | +8.7% | $124,030 | +20.9% |
| 2022 | 5 | $137,957 | n/a | $123,614 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director, Program Management | 1 | $171,365 | +7.8% | |
| Information Security Detections Engineer | 1 | $130,000 | +73.0% | |
| Senior SAP Basis and Systems Governance Administrator | 1 | $156,060 | +6.5% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 | $158,791 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 1 | $150,026 | +14.9% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 3 | $158,791 |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $130,000 |
| Lawrence Township, NJ | 1 | $150,026 |
By visa type: 5 H-1B. By outcome: 4 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
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 The Associated Press 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
Other employers based in New York, NY
- Mphasis Corporation1,558
- Citibank, N.A.1,551
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC1,261
- Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.830
- Goldman Sachs Services LLC665
- FIS Management Services, LLC627
- Barclays Services Corp.622
- American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.557
- McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States532
- Synechron Inc.490