International Business Machines Corporation H-1B wage filings
Durham, NC. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
International Business Machines Corporation filed 7,938 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $96,907, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Application Developer (864 filings, median $84,406).
- Filings since FY2020
- 7,938
- Positions covered
- 7,433
- Certified
- 93.6%
- Job titles
- 1,254
- Worksite cities
- 345
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
International Business Machines Corporation's median H-1B wage offer rose 28%, from $92,435 in fiscal 2020 to $118,675 in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 3,423 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.
International Business Machines Corporation by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 34 | $118,675 | +24.2% | $108,607 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 113 | $95,514 | −6.6% | $94,349 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 616 | $102,211 | −0.2% | $100,693 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 1,708 | $102,400 | −1.9% | $99,466 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 2,043 | $104,333 | +12.9% | $100,526 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 3,423 | $92,435 | n/a | $91,104 | at the minimum |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Developer | 864 | $84,406 | at the minimum | +23% since 2020 | |
| Software Developer | 486 | $112,198 | at the minimum | +7% since 2020 | |
| Application Architect | 269 | $99,420 | at the minimum | −7% since 2020 | |
| Test Specialist | 218 | $75,982 | at the minimum | +30% since 2020 | |
| IT Specialist | 189 | $87,027 | at the minimum | +6% since 2020 | |
| Managing Consultant | 175 | $114,005 | at the minimum | +2% since 2020 | |
| Project Manager | 166 | $93,413 | at the minimum | −6% since 2020 | |
| Data Scientist | 154 | $103,452 | at the minimum | +24% since 2020 | |
| Technical Lead | 154 | $92,269 | at the minimum | +9% since 2020 | |
| Senior Managing Consultant | 150 | $121,098 | +3.4% | +8% since 2020 | |
| Software Engineer | 150 | $92,435 | at the minimum | +74% since 2020 | |
| Data Engineer | 120 | $77,418 | at the minimum | +30% since 2020 | |
| Package Consultant | 119 | $109,470 | at the minimum | −15% since 2020 | |
| Senior Application Developer | 107 | $85,581 | at the minimum | +23% since 2020 | |
| Package Solution Consultant | 100 | $93,600 | at the minimum | +14% since 2020 | |
| Technical Team Lead | 92 | $89,834 | at the minimum | +7% since 2020 | |
| Advisory Software Engineer | 88 | $120,578 | at the minimum | +10% since 2020 | |
| Research Staff Member | 78 | $139,200 | +12.7% | 0% since 2020 | |
| Application Consultant | 73 | $105,643 | at the minimum | +7% since 2020 | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 72 | $120,692 | at the minimum | −2% since 2020 | |
| Business Analyst | 65 | $92,560 | at the minimum | +3% since 2020 | |
| Application Programmer | 64 | $88,421 | at the minimum | +2% since 2020 | |
| Senior System Engineer | 50 | $86,517 | at the minimum | −3% since 2020 | |
| Senior Consultant | 47 | $103,200 | at the minimum | +5% since 2020 | |
| Package Specialist | 44 | $94,370 | at the minimum | +30% since 2020 | |
| Associate Partner | 40 | $174,700 | +37.8% | −4% since 2020 | |
| Technical Architect | 40 | $114,359 | at the minimum | −14% since 2020 | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 38 | $108,784 | at the minimum | +10% since 2020 | |
| Technical Project Manager | 36 | $93,111 | at the minimum | +2% since 2020 | |
| Test Lead | 35 | $75,982 | at the minimum | −6% since 2020 | |
| Project Lead | 34 | $77,584 | at the minimum | −10% since 2020 | |
| Software Architect | 34 | $120,578 | at the minimum | +3% since 2020 | |
| Strategy Consultant | 31 | $122,400 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Technical Consultant | 30 | $89,981 | at the minimum | ||
| Consultant | 29 | $94,786 | at the minimum | −14% since 2020 | |
| Data Specialist | 27 | $78,700 | at the minimum | +2% since 2020 | |
| Database Administrator | 27 | $92,768 | at the minimum | +65% since 2020 | |
| Solution Architect | 26 | $111,641 | at the minimum | −11% since 2020 | |
| Back-End Developer | 25 | $119,933 | at the minimum | +19% since 2022 | |
| SAP Technical Consultant | 25 | $95,118 | at the minimum | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 1,254 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 435 | $120,578 |
| Durham, NC | 352 | $106,330 |
| Atlanta, GA | 350 | $92,144 |
| Dallas, TX | 343 | $93,548 |
| Austin, TX | 342 | $106,080 |
| New York, NY | 231 | $115,440 |
| Coppell, TX | 200 | $114,234 |
| Cary, NC | 195 | $84,406 |
| Newark, NJ | 178 | $94,349 |
| Chicago, IL | 149 | $95,940 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 149 | $82,680 |
| Yorktown Heights, NY | 134 | $139,200 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 345 worksite cities.
By visa type: 7,911 H-1B, 27 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 6,729 certified, 704 certified and later withdrawn, 499 withdrawn before a decision, 6 denied.
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 International Business Machines Corporation 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.