National Oilwell Varco, L..P H-1B wage filings
Houston, TX. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
National Oilwell Varco, L..P filed 47 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $118,605, 16.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Software Engineer (4 filings, median $105,644).
- Filings
- 47
- Positions covered
- 46
- Certified
- 97.9%
- Job titles
- 38
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Filings since FY2020
- 259
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +18%
Offered wage since 2020
National Oilwell Varco, L..P's median H-1B wage offer rose 18%, from $95,241 in fiscal 2020 to $112,200 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.3% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 47 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.
National Oilwell Varco, L..P by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 40 | $112,200 | −11.6% | $84,094 | +15.3% |
| 2025 | 41 | $126,980 | +13.4% | $107,431 | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 25 | $112,000 | +4.4% | $95,118 | +18.5% |
| 2023 | 28 | $107,329 | −1.2% | $88,646 | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 35 | $108,632 | +10.8% | $92,685 | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 43 | $98,000 | +2.9% | $88,546 | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 47 | $95,241 | n/a | $91,104 | +5.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 4 | $105,644 | +12.1% | |
| CET Data Analyst | 2 | $83,112 | +15.4% | |
| CET Sr. Developer | 2 | $130,246 | +17.5% | |
| Full Stack Developer | 2 | $120,940 | +5.9% | |
| Lead BI Developer | 2 | $129,684 | +16.6% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 | $120,685 | +5.7% | |
| Supply Chain Optimization Specialist | 2 | $72,000 | +33.9% | |
| Aftermarket Project Manager | 1 | $100,000 | +62.7% | |
| Applications Engineer II | 1 | $85,320 | +4.9% | |
| Associate Engineer - Fishing Tools | 1 | $90,084 | +9.0% | |
| Business Analyst | 1 | $87,614 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 1 | $85,243 | +2.2% | |
| Data Scientist | 1 | $113,300 | +26.8% | |
| Director, Supply Chain Management - Western Hemisphere | 1 | $164,800 | +20.7% | |
| Engineering Manager - Spoolable Products | 1 | $126,493 | +10.8% | |
| Enterprise Solutions Analyst “ Order Management | 1 | $140,000 | +22.6% | |
| ERP Business Analyst - Order Management | 1 | $140,000 | +5.2% | |
| ERP Director | 1 | $181,671 | +21.3% | |
| ERP Sr. Business Analyst - Manufacturing | 1 | $165,600 | +85.3% | |
| ERP Sr. Manager | 1 | $170,056 | +25.5% | |
| Field Service Technician - Controls | 1 | $80,080 | +13.1% | |
| Global Field Support Engineer | 1 | $123,970 | +15.3% | |
| Global Support Engineer - Oilfield and Productivity | 1 | $88,000 | +15.2% | |
| HSE Specialist | 1 | $86,700 | +27.0% | |
| Kronos Developer | 1 | $117,209 | +39.4% | |
| Lead Data Engineer | 1 | $121,604 | +6.5% | |
| Mechanical Engineer | 1 | $90,610 | +9.6% | |
| PI Architect | 1 | $162,261 | +8.4% | |
| President, Downhole Technologies | 1 | $320,000 | +67.9% | |
| Product Line Manager | 1 | $128,584 | +0.9% | |
| Project Manager | 1 | $89,880 | +11.0% | |
| Reliability Engineer | 1 | $92,000 | +34.8% | |
| Reliability Engineer I | 1 | $99,360 | +45.6% | |
| Senior Accounting Manager | 1 | $132,914 | +72.4% | |
| Senior Industrial Engineer | 1 | $90,000 | +2.7% | |
| Technical Lead | 1 | $122,000 | +6.8% | |
| Value Reporting Analyst | 1 | $67,650 | +84.9% | |
| VP - Program Management Office | 1 | $199,173 | +47.0% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 38 | $121,370 |
| Conroe, TX | 4 | $104,764 |
| Odessa, TX | 2 | $95,680 |
| Tulsa, OK | 2 | $72,000 |
| Cedar Park, TX | 1 | $123,970 |
By visa type: 46 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 46 certified, 1 denied.
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 National Oilwell Varco, L..P 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.
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