State of Washington Department of Corrections H-1B wage filings

Tumwater, WA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

State of Washington Department of Corrections filed 13 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $108,997, 19.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Physician 3 (4 filings, median $228,852).

Filings since FY2020
13
Positions covered
12
Certified
92.3%
Job titles
5
Worksite cities
3
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

State of Washington Department of Corrections made 13 filings across 5 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 5 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$0k$100k$200k$300k$400k$110k$102k22020020210202212023520244202512026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

State of Washington Department of Corrections by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)1n/an/an/an/a
20254$102,000−7.3%$86,549+21.9%
20245$110,000n/a$99,653+19.4%
20231n/an/an/an/a
20220n/an/an/an/a
20210n/an/an/an/a
20202n/an/an/an/a

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Physician 34$228,852+19.1%
IT Quality Assurance Journey3$102,000+26.9%
Data Warehouse Administrator2$104,721+0.9%
Director of Infection Prevention and Control2$312,480+18.9%
IT Quality Assurance Senior Specialist2$107,500+33.5%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Tumwater, WA8$103,500
Monroe, WA4$228,852
Walla Walla, WA1$312,480

By visa type: 13 H-1B. By outcome: 9 certified, 3 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%
Level II, qualified55%
Level III, experienced27%
Level IV, fully competent18%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.