Forrest General Hospital H-1B wage filings

Hattiesburg, MS. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.

Forrest General Hospital filed 6 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $350,000, 333.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.

Filings
6
Positions covered
5
Certified
83.3%
Job titles
5
Worksite cities
2
Filings since FY2020
22
Median offer change since FY2022
−7%

Offered wage since 2020

Forrest General Hospital's median H-1B wage offer fell 7%, from $455,000 in fiscal 2022 to $421,250 in fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2024 it was 208.5% 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

$0k$100k$200k$300k$400k$500k$600k$700k$455k$421k$503k12020220215202222023620243202532026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Forrest General Hospital by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)3$503,000n/a$80,746+336.9%
20253n/an/an/an/a
20246$421,250n/a$73,372+208.5%
20232n/an/an/an/a
20225$455,000n/a$111,550+307.9%
20212n/an/an/an/a
20201n/an/an/an/a

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Psychiatrist2$323,066+175.3%
Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician1$750,000+828.8%
General Surgeon1$503,000+336.9%
Post Acute Care Physician1$350,000+333.5%
System Analyst1$71,157+9.1%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Hattiesburg, MS5$336,533
Picayune, MS1$503,000

By visa type: 6 H-1B. By outcome: 5 certified, 1 withdrawn before a decision.

Filings by quarter

Jul to Sep 20253
Apr to Jun 20263

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

Level I, entry20%
Level II, qualified80%
Level III, experienced0%
Level IV, fully competent0%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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