King County H-1B wage filings
Seattle, WA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
King County filed 7 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $123,947, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 7
- Positions covered
- 7
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 6
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 40
- Median offer change since FY2020
- −9%
Offered wage since 2020
King County's median H-1B wage offer fell 9%, from $131,152 in fiscal 2020 to $119,691 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 9 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.
King County by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 6 | $119,691 | −13.1% | $119,691 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 9 | $137,724 | +33.7% | $122,799 | +23.8% |
| 2024 | 4 | $102,987 | −18.7% | $102,987 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 4 | $126,656 | −4.8% | $114,167 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 5 | $133,092 | +29.8% | $133,092 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 7 | $102,530 | −21.8% | $102,530 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 5 | $131,152 | n/a | $131,152 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERP Software Developer-Principal | 2 | $162,644 | +16.5% | |
| Engineer III | 1 | $115,435 | at the minimum | |
| ERP Software Developer - Senior | 1 | $159,000 | +33.1% | |
| IT Engineer – Senior (Senior Data Engineer) | 1 | $123,947 | at the minimum | |
| Public Defense Attorney I | 1 | $103,272 | +22.3% | |
| Wastewater Engineer-Entry | 1 | $111,731 | at the minimum | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | 7 | $123,947 |
By visa type: 6 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 7 certified.
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.
What these numbers are
- They are wages King County 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.