The Pennsylvania State University H-1B wage filings
University Park, PA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Pennsylvania State University filed 264 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $82,000, 39.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (105 filings, median $102,132).
- Filings
- 264
- Positions covered
- 244
- Certified
- 92.4%
- Job titles
- 22
- Worksite cities
- 20
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,347
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +10%
Offered wage since 2020
The Pennsylvania State University's median H-1B wage offer rose 10%, from $76,032 in fiscal 2020 to $83,328 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 47.4% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 212 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 Pennsylvania State University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 194 | $83,328 | +5.5% | $59,380 | +47.4% |
| 2025 | 212 | $79,008 | +11.2% | $58,280 | +38.4% |
| 2024 | 187 | $71,040 | +1.5% | $53,250 | +31.6% |
| 2023 | 197 | $70,002 | −7.9% | $53,280 | +35.5% |
| 2022 | 205 | $76,032 | +5.6% | $50,445 | +43.6% |
| 2021 | 186 | $72,000 | −5.3% | $52,220 | +43.7% |
| 2020 | 166 | $76,032 | n/a | $45,020 | +52.1% |
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 | 105 | $102,132 | +76.0% | +3% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Research Professor | 43 | $70,656 | +18.5% | +23% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 39 | $65,910 | +13.5% | +33% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Teaching Professor | 19 | $74,736 | +33.4% | +11% since 2020 | |
| Researcher | 17 | $68,004 | +24.2% | +4% since 2021 | |
| Associate Professor | 10 | $140,494 | +128.8% | +8% since 2020 | |
| Lecturer | 7 | $62,172 | +0.1% | ||
| Associate Teaching Professor | 6 | $80,132 | +49.3% | ||
| Assistant Clinical Professor | 2 | $180,018 | +203.0% | ||
| Associate Clinical Professor | 2 | $210,024 | +253.5% | ||
| Department Head/Professor | 2 | $184,792 | +68.7% | ||
| Teaching Professor | 2 | $91,164 | +62.9% | ||
| Assistant Coach, Fencing | 1 | $60,000 | +10.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Art | 1 | $82,584 | +82.9% | ||
| Assitant Clinical Professor | 1 | n/a | |||
| Computational Scientist | 1 | $113,772 | +53.6% | ||
| Director of Finance and Budget | 1 | $149,968 | at the minimum | ||
| Instructor | 1 | $70,580 | at the minimum | ||
| Lecturer of Spanish | 1 | $46,912 | +2.4% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar/Adjunct Instructor | 1 | n/a | |||
| Professor | 1 | $200,016 | +270.5% | ||
| Professor and Department Head | 1 | $345,504 | +254.1% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| University Park, PA | 178 | $82,584 |
| Hershey, PA | 43 | $71,532 |
| Middletown, PA | 13 | $93,894 |
| Erie, PA | 9 | $90,908 |
| Malvern, PA | 3 | $115,011 |
| Media, PA | 3 | $122,680 |
| Abington, PA | 2 | $78,174 |
| Altoona, PA | 1 | $72,180 |
| Center Valley, PA | 1 | $93,881 |
| Chesterfield, MO | 1 | $73,512 |
| Concord, NC | 1 | $113,772 |
| Dallas, PA | 1 | $75,359 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 20 worksite cities.
By visa type: 264 H-1B. By outcome: 182 certified, 62 certified and later withdrawn, 20 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 Pennsylvania 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.