State of Washington Department of Ecology H-1B wage filings
Lacey, WA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
State of Washington Department of Ecology filed 14 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $88,332, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Environmental Specialist (5 filings, median $75,000).
- Filings
- 14
- Positions covered
- 13
- Certified
- 92.9%
- Job titles
- 8
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Filings since FY2020
- 41
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +7%
Offered wage since 2020
State of Washington Department of Ecology's median H-1B wage offer rose 7%, from $82,344 in fiscal 2022 to $88,332 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 15 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.
State of Washington Department of Ecology by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 9 | $88,332 | −1.9% | $88,332 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 15 | $90,000 | n/a | $82,344 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 4 | $67,728 | −17.7% | $67,728 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 6 | $82,344 | −11.6% | $82,344 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 3 | $93,132 | n/a | $93,132 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Specialist | 5 | $75,000 | at the minimum | |
| IT Data Management – Journey | 2 | $88,332 | at the minimum | |
| Natural Resource Scientist 3 (Ntl Estuary Prog QA Coord) | 2 | $74,724 | at the minimum | |
| Environmental Engineer | 1 | $80,000 | at the minimum | |
| Environmental Engineer 3 | 1 | $102,540 | at the minimum | |
| IT Application Developer - Journey | 1 | $100,000 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Market Monitor / Financial Examiner | 1 | $95,000 | at the minimum | |
| Water Resources IT Section Manager | 1 | $139,901 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lacey, WA | 10 | $88,332 |
| Spokane, WA | 3 | $75,000 |
| Shoreline, WA | 1 | $102,540 |
By visa type: 14 H-1B. By outcome: 10 certified, 3 certified and later withdrawn, 1 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 State of Washington Department of Ecology 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.