Sanford H-1B wage filings
Fargo, ND. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Sanford filed 63 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $65,458, 20.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Medical Laboratory Scientist (27 filings, median $65,853).
- Filings
- 63
- Positions covered
- 63
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 17
- Worksite cities
- 17
- Filings since FY2023
- 172
- Median offer change since FY2023
- +6%
Offered wage since 2023
Sanford's median H-1B wage offer rose 6%, from $62,067 in fiscal 2023 to $65,790 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 24.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 50 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.
Sanford by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 45 | $65,790 | +4.4% | $48,318 | +24.1% |
| 2025 | 49 | $63,003 | +4.7% | $48,318 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 50 | $60,195 | −3.0% | $46,696 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 28 | $62,067 | n/a | $46,696 | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Laboratory Scientist | 27 | $65,853 | +40.9% | +5% since 2023 | |
| Registered Nurse | 11 | $48,318 | at the minimum | +11% since 2024 | |
| Pathology Technician | 6 | $43,566 | +4.7% | ||
| Senior Research Specialist | 3 | $56,056 | +32.2% | ||
| Occupational Therapist | 2 | $70,502 | +3.4% | ||
| Registered Dietician | 2 | $51,709 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Network Engineer | 2 | $103,584 | +34.4% | ||
| Applications Administrator | 1 | $79,248 | at the minimum | ||
| Business Process Automation Engineer | 1 | $86,050 | at the minimum | ||
| Clinical Laboratory Doctor | 1 | $150,000 | +137.5% | ||
| Communications Specialist | 1 | $41,392 | at the minimum | ||
| Data Engineer | 1 | $115,000 | +25.2% | ||
| Histology Technologist | 1 | $63,149 | +40.0% | ||
| Network Engineer | 1 | $74,922 | at the minimum | ||
| Salesforce Developer | 1 | $92,706 | +10.9% | ||
| Speech Therapist | 1 | $72,134 | +22.6% | ||
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | 1 | $40,477 | at the minimum | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Fargo, ND | 21 | $49,296 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 15 | $71,115 |
| Bismarck, ND | 12 | $64,865 |
| Luverne, MN | 2 | $70,502 |
| Canby, MN | 1 | $66,040 |
| De Pere, WI | 1 | $115,000 |
| Grand Forks, ND | 1 | $40,477 |
| Jackson, MN | 1 | $71,219 |
| Leander, TX | 1 | $92,706 |
| Mandan, ND | 1 | $67,496 |
| Mayville, ND | 1 | $37,253 |
| Pierre, SD | 1 | $63,814 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 17 worksite cities.
By visa type: 63 H-1B. By outcome: 58 certified, 5 certified and later withdrawn.
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 Sanford 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.