The Ohio State University H-1B wage filings
Columbus, OH. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Ohio State University filed 318 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $79,804, 38.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (69 filings, median $116,042).
- Filings
- 318
- Positions covered
- 311
- Certified
- 97.8%
- Job titles
- 73
- Worksite cities
- 6
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,424
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +26%
Offered wage since 2020
The Ohio State University's median H-1B wage offer rose 26%, from $63,240 in fiscal 2020 to $79,902 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 42.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 285 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.
The Ohio State University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 245 | $79,902 | +10.2% | $53,071 | +42.0% |
| 2025 | 285 | $72,500 | −0.4% | $56,280 | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 285 | $72,775 | −0.4% | $53,810 | +31.5% |
| 2023 | 220 | $73,100 | +5.7% | $52,692 | +33.2% |
| 2022 | 150 | $69,163 | −1.4% | $54,018 | +28.5% |
| 2021 | 112 | $70,142 | +10.9% | $57,366 | +24.9% |
| 2020 | 127 | $63,240 | n/a | $51,574 | +20.9% |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 69 | $116,042 | +128.4% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Post Doctoral Scholar | 55 | $63,060 | +25.6% | +23% since 2020 | |
| Research Scientist | 29 | $84,864 | +26.6% | +8% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor-Clinical | 19 | $155,000 | +74.0% | −25% since 2020 | |
| Researcher 2 | 13 | $64,600 | +22.5% | +6% since 2024 | |
| Researcher 3 | 10 | $75,700 | +33.1% | +9% since 2024 | |
| Assistant Professor - Clinical/Physician | 9 | $275,044 | +205.1% | +20% since 2020 | |
| Researcher I | 8 | $53,635 | +16.5% | −9% since 2024 | |
| Lecturer | 7 | $62,512 | +18.5% | +21% since 2022 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 5 | $103,500 | +114.5% | +3% since 2024 | |
| Applied Research Engineer 2 | 4 | $80,311 | +36.0% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 4 | $61,923 | +18.3% | +5% since 2022 | |
| Senior Lecturer | 4 | $60,593 | +31.6% | ||
| Visiting Assistant Professor | 4 | $73,250 | +73.7% | +2% since 2024 | |
| Assistant Professor (9M) | 3 | $110,078 | +61.4% | +6% since 2024 | |
| Associate Professor | 3 | $162,500 | +173.2% | ||
| Clinical Research Specialist 2 | 3 | $69,909 | at the minimum | ||
| Instructor | 3 | $103,750 | +71.9% | ||
| Applications Developer 1 | 2 | $67,829 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Professor (Clinical) | 2 | $117,530 | +23.7% | ||
| Clinical Instructor House Staff | 2 | $64,183 | +1.0% | +25% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Research Specialist 3 | 2 | $66,950 | +10.6% | ||
| Cytogenetics Technologist 2 | 2 | $81,120 | +59.2% | ||
| IT Multi-Discipline Analyst 3 | 2 | $85,072 | +39.5% | ||
| Radiation Physicist 2 | 2 | $214,762 | +297.9% | ||
| Reporting and Analytics Analyst 3 | 2 | $86,878 | +31.2% | ||
| Research Administration Management Analyst 3 | 2 | $82,433 | +8.6% | ||
| Research Technician III | 2 | $40,311 | +9.4% | ||
| Statistics and Biostatistics Analyst 3 | 2 | $103,000 | +77.1% | ||
| Applied Research Engineer 4 | 1 | $114,358 | at the minimum | ||
| Archivist | 1 | $60,000 | +21.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor-Clinical (9M) | 1 | $99,000 | +88.7% | ||
| Associate Professor (9M) | 1 | $100,148 | +44.5% | ||
| BioAssay Developer 3 | 1 | $81,340 | +52.7% | ||
| Clinical Instructor Housestaff | 1 | $68,764 | +0.3% | ||
| Clinical Lab Professional 2 | 1 | $67,995 | +33.4% | ||
| Community Outreach Analyst 1 | 1 | $49,920 | +9.2% | ||
| Consulting Research Statistician | 1 | $77,350 | +38.4% | ||
| Content and Editorial Strategy Specialist 2 | 1 | $60,000 | +60.3% | ||
| Data Analytics Science Analyst 2 | 1 | $79,759 | +31.5% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 73 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus, OH | 303 | $80,019 |
| Wooster, OH | 8 | $72,992 |
| Marion, OH | 3 | $64,242 |
| Newark, OH | 2 | $56,767 |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | $66,950 |
| Marlborough, MA | 1 | $86,382 |
By visa type: 316 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 213 certified, 98 certified and later withdrawn, 7 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 The Ohio 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.
- 7 filings are 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.