James Madison University H-1B wage filings
Harrisonburg, VA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
James Madison University filed 42 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $74,000, 42.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Reporting & Data Analyst (3 filings, median $67,633).
- Filings
- 42
- Positions covered
- 40
- Certified
- 95.2%
- Job titles
- 32
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 219
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +29%
Offered wage since 2020
James Madison University's median H-1B wage offer rose 29%, from $57,540 in fiscal 2020 to $74,500 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 45.3% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 44 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.
James Madison University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 34 | $74,500 | −3.2% | $51,170 | +45.3% |
| 2025 | 36 | $77,000 | +12.6% | $55,818 | +30.0% |
| 2024 | 44 | $68,355 | −2.4% | $51,640 | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 34 | $70,000 | no change | $50,300 | +39.2% |
| 2022 | 19 | $70,000 | +14.4% | $48,180 | +53.1% |
| 2021 | 32 | $61,185 | +6.3% | $44,030 | +44.8% |
| 2020 | 20 | $57,540 | n/a | $44,150 | +31.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting & Data Analyst | 3 | $67,633 | +66.1% | ||
| System & Data Analyst | 3 | $71,330 | +33.0% | ||
| Asst Prof., Biology | 2 | $74,000 | +27.4% | ||
| Asst Prof. Finance and Business Law | 2 | $125,000 | +95.2% | ||
| Asst Prof, School of Media Arts & Design | 2 | $75,000 | +48.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Communication | 2 | $73,700 | +48.7% | ||
| Instructional Designer | 2 | $66,975 | +12.8% | ||
| Lecturer, Mathematics and Statistics | 2 | $68,232 | +33.3% | ||
| Asst Prof, CIS &BSAN | 1 | $120,000 | +87.4% | ||
| Asst Prof, Graphic Design | 1 | $70,338 | +48.9% | ||
| Asst Prof, Information Technology | 1 | $102,801 | +59.3% | ||
| Asst Prof. of Industrial Engineering | 1 | $88,000 | +14.3% | ||
| Asst Prof of Sport and Recreation Management | 1 | $85,217 | +85.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor | 1 | $60,000 | +27.9% | +10% since 2021 | |
| Assistant Professor, COB | 1 | $154,081 | +140.6% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Computer Science | 1 | $109,077 | +69.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Education | 1 | $74,593 | +41.2% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Engineering | 1 | $94,500 | +71.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Geography | 1 | $88,000 | +40.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Intelligence Analysis | 1 | $88,733 | +71.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Marketing | 1 | $139,593 | +117.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Music | 1 | $64,927 | +37.4% | ||
| Associate Director of Study Abroad Operations | 1 | $70,450 | at the minimum | ||
| Instructor | 1 | $60,000 | +37.4% | ||
| Lecturer of Economics | 1 | $80,000 | +6.3% | ||
| Lecturer of Statistics | 1 | $81,126 | +58.5% | ||
| Lecturer, WRTC | 1 | $49,564 | +3.2% | ||
| Operation Specialist | 1 | $55,091 | +15.5% | ||
| Post-Doctoral Fellow (in Black Global & Diasporic Poetry) | 1 | $69,000 | +43.7% | ||
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Black Global & Diasporic Poetry) | 1 | $70,338 | +46.5% | ||
| Psychoeducational Outreach Specialist | 1 | $64,638 | +41.8% | ||
| Statistics Lecturer | 1 | $71,500 | +39.7% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Harrisonburg, VA | 42 | $74,000 |
By visa type: 42 H-1B. By outcome: 32 certified, 8 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision.
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 James Madison University 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.