Mississippi State University H-1B wage filings
Mississippi State, MS. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Mississippi State University filed 73 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $71,000, 28.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (27 filings, median $88,000).
- Filings
- 73
- Positions covered
- 68
- Certified
- 93.2%
- Job titles
- 21
- Worksite cities
- 9
- Filings since FY2020
- 448
- Median offer change since FY2020
- −5%
Offered wage since 2020
Mississippi State University's median H-1B wage offer fell 5%, from $73,379 in fiscal 2020 to $70,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 28.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 78 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.
Mississippi State University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 54 | $70,000 | −15.7% | $53,269 | +28.7% |
| 2025 | 78 | $83,000 | +9.6% | $57,850 | +27.7% |
| 2024 | 68 | $75,750 | +4.3% | $56,504 | +38.3% |
| 2023 | 58 | $72,627 | +0.9% | $55,122 | +20.6% |
| 2022 | 71 | $72,000 | −1.6% | $56,500 | +28.7% |
| 2021 | 59 | $73,195 | −0.3% | $48,589 | +36.1% |
| 2020 | 60 | $73,379 | n/a | $56,243 | +26.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 27 | $88,000 | +66.6% | +7% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 15 | $64,506 | +4.1% | +18% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Research Professor | 6 | $81,500 | +11.9% | +4% since 2020 | |
| Instructor I | 4 | $49,167 | +27.9% | ||
| Associate Professor | 3 | $93,099 | +56.5% | ||
| CRM & Web Support Specialist | 2 | $64,000 | +22.9% | ||
| Research Associate I | 2 | $50,500 | +28.7% | ||
| Assistant Director | 1 | $60,600 | +2.3% | ||
| Assistant Director of Applied Research | 1 | $120,300 | +20.7% | ||
| Associate Head Coach, Cross Country | 1 | $60,000 | +30.0% | ||
| Aviation Program Manager II | 1 | $82,500 | +27.7% | ||
| Creative Manager | 1 | $62,500 | +40.2% | ||
| Extension Associate II | 1 | $59,985 | +25.5% | ||
| Instructor | 1 | $70,000 | +46.7% | ||
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 1 | n/a | |||
| Research Associate II | 1 | $60,000 | +14.3% | ||
| Research Compute Support Specialist | 1 | $70,000 | +10.3% | ||
| Research Scientist II | 1 | $75,000 | +22.1% | ||
| Senior Research Associate | 1 | $70,000 | +18.1% | ||
| Senior Research Engineer | 1 | $112,413 | +47.5% | ||
| Technical and Program Coordinator | 1 | $50,000 | +8.3% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State, MS | 48 | $75,000 |
| Starkville, MS | 16 | $74,598 |
| Crystal Springs, MS | 2 | $95,000 |
| Leland, MS | 2 | $50,500 |
| Miami, FL | 1 | $67,000 |
| Newport News, VA | 1 | $67,018 |
| Pontotoc, MS | 1 | $64,158 |
| Poplarville, MS | 1 | $70,000 |
| Stoneville, MS | 1 | $59,985 |
By visa type: 73 H-1B. By outcome: 60 certified, 8 certified and later withdrawn, 5 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 Mississippi State 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.