The State of Nebraska, Department of Transportation H-1B wage filings
Lincoln, NE. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The State of Nebraska, Department of Transportation filed 7 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $78,500, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 7
- Positions covered
- 7
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 5
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2021
- 21
- Median offer change since FY2025
- +17%
Offered wage since 2021
The State of Nebraska, Department of Transportation's median H-1B wage offer rose 17%, from $67,070 in fiscal 2025 to $78,500 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 6 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 State of Nebraska, Department of Transportation by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 6 | $78,500 | +17.0% | $78,478 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 6 | $67,070 | +20.1% | $67,070 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 4 | $55,859 | no change | $55,859 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 3 | $55,848 | n/a | $55,848 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Engineer I – Load Rating Engineer | 2 | $78,500 | at the minimum | |
| Roadway Design Engineer | 2 | $66,654 | at the minimum | |
| Bridge Inspection Engineer | 1 | $65,021 | at the minimum | |
| Professional Engineer I - Roadway Consultant Coordinator | 1 | $79,000 | +0.7% | |
| Professional Engineer II – Project Scoping Unit Head | 1 | $100,000 | +7.7% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln, NE | 7 | $78,500 |
By visa type: 6 H-1B, 1 H-1B1 (Chile). By outcome: 7 certified.
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 State of Nebraska, Department of Transportation 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.