Populus Group LLC H-1B wage filings
Troy, MI. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Populus Group LLC filed 359 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $126,880, 12.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Data Engineer (16 filings, median $135,200).
- Filings
- 359
- Positions covered
- 344
- Certified
- 95.8%
- Job titles
- 191
- Worksite cities
- 162
- Filings since FY2020
- 3,169
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +12%
Offered wage since 2020
Populus Group LLC's median H-1B wage offer rose 12%, from $111,010 in fiscal 2020 to $124,800 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 10.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 869 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.
Populus Group LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 274 | $124,800 | −1.6% | $111,654 | +10.5% |
| 2025 | 341 | $126,880 | −4.7% | $105,435 | +17.0% |
| 2024 | 353 | $133,120 | +2.4% | $107,401 | +19.6% |
| 2023 | 298 | $130,000 | +9.2% | $105,830 | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 446 | $119,080 | −1.1% | $95,555 | +21.4% |
| 2021 | 588 | $120,411 | +8.5% | $97,594 | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 869 | $111,010 | n/a | $93,080 | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 16 | $135,200 | +7.2% | +35% since 2020 | |
| Software Engineer | 14 | $139,360 | +13.9% | +19% since 2020 | |
| Calibration Engineer | 12 | $117,156 | +11.5% | ||
| Java Developer | 9 | $122,720 | +10.5% | +12% since 2020 | |
| UX Designer | 9 | $102,378 | +8.3% | −7% since 2020 | |
| Business Analyst | 6 | $96,928 | +15.8% | +33% since 2020 | |
| Data Analyst | 6 | $114,255 | +0.6% | +7% since 2020 | |
| Data Scientist | 6 | $128,960 | +11.6% | +35% since 2020 | |
| Full Stack Java Developer | 6 | $124,717 | +10.4% | ||
| Quality Engineer | 6 | $116,480 | +19.9% | +54% since 2020 | |
| Project Manager | 5 | $135,200 | +17.2% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Quality/Test Engineer 4 | 5 | $128,898 | +34.7% | ||
| Business Systems Analyst | 4 | $135,200 | +3.9% | −8% since 2020 | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 4 | $147,795 | +12.6% | ||
| Senior Data Engineer | 4 | $135,003 | +3.3% | ||
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 | $171,975 | +39.4% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Big Data Engineer | 3 | $135,200 | +16.6% | ||
| Lead Performance Engineer | 3 | $191,360 | +18.3% | ||
| Materials Manager | 3 | $136,095 | +6.4% | ||
| Product Manager | 3 | $156,000 | +13.4% | ||
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 3 | $131,040 | +15.7% | ||
| Regulatory Affairs Specialist | 3 | $126,880 | +31.4% | ||
| Salesforce Developer | 3 | $128,960 | +12.1% | ||
| Senior Analyst AML | 3 | $104,000 | +3.2% | ||
| Senior Platform Engineer | 3 | $124,800 | +4.1% | ||
| Senior Program Manager | 3 | $145,600 | +9.9% | ||
| Solutions Architect | 3 | $197,600 | +83.6% | ||
| Technical Analyst | 3 | $87,360 | +9.9% | ||
| Technical Business Analyst | 3 | $112,320 | +18.0% | ||
| Test Lead | 3 | $149,760 | +40.4% | ||
| Validation Engineer | 3 | $128,960 | +2.9% | ||
| AI Engineer | 2 | $114,400 | +1.3% | ||
| Business Intelligence Engineer III | 2 | $172,266 | +5.5% | ||
| Databricks/Python Developer | 2 | $131,519 | +5.5% | ||
| Desktop Engineer V | 2 | $93,153 | +29.2% | ||
| Development Engineer | 2 | $100,880 | +7.7% | ||
| DevOps Engineer | 2 | $99,861 | +4.3% | −3% since 2020 | |
| Engineer IV | 2 | $99,341 | +6.1% | ||
| Full Stack Developer | 2 | $109,720 | +10.9% | −11% since 2021 | |
| Inventory Optimization Analyst | 2 | $80,600 | +16.3% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 191 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Plano, TX | 13 | $128,960 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 12 | $148,720 |
| Plymouth, MI | 11 | $124,800 |
| Chillicothe, IL | 9 | $128,898 |
| San Francisco, CA | 9 | $169,042 |
| Seattle, WA | 9 | $124,800 |
| New York, NY | 8 | $87,360 |
| Allen Park, MI | 7 | $124,800 |
| Austin, TX | 7 | $140,400 |
| Morrisville, NC | 7 | $105,040 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 6 | $117,000 |
| Columbus, OH | 6 | $122,720 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 162 worksite cities.
By visa type: 353 H-1B, 6 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 341 certified, 3 certified and later withdrawn, 15 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 Populus Group LLC 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.
- 4 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.