The University of Arizona H-1B wage filings
Tucson, AZ. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Also filed as University of Arizona.
The University of Arizona filed 160 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $81,795, 19.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (26 filings, median $135,118).
- Filings
- 160
- Positions covered
- 154
- Certified
- 96.3%
- Job titles
- 69
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 890
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +24%
Offered wage since 2020
The University of Arizona's median H-1B wage offer rose 24%, from $65,874 in fiscal 2020 to $81,705 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 149 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 University of Arizona by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 120 | $81,705 | +8.2% | $67,829 | +16.0% |
| 2025 | 130 | $75,543 | +0.9% | $62,809 | +21.5% |
| 2024 | 116 | $74,900 | +0.4% | $62,728 | +18.0% |
| 2023 | 149 | $74,600 | +11.3% | $58,178 | +26.1% |
| 2022 | 135 | $67,000 | +3.1% | $53,789 | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 146 | $65,000 | −1.3% | $54,310 | +21.7% |
| 2020 | 94 | $65,874 | n/a | $49,865 | +20.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 26 | $135,118 | +39.6% | +36% since 2020 | |
| Researcher/Scientist III | 26 | $68,680 | +10.1% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Research Professor | 13 | $105,000 | +23.0% | +38% since 2022 | |
| Assistant Professor of Practice | 7 | $90,000 | +15.8% | −5% since 2022 | |
| Researcher/Scientist IV | 6 | $80,570 | +6.0% | ||
| Contract Analyst, Senior | 3 | $83,979 | +16.0% | ||
| Postdoctoral Research Associate I | 3 | $63,000 | +10.5% | +29% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate II | 3 | $63,120 | +13.6% | +13% since 2021 | |
| Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems | 2 | $252,222 | +127.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Plant Herbivore/Targeted Grazing | 2 | $117,000 | +118.3% | ||
| Lecturer | 2 | $75,635 | +8.7% | ||
| Multimedia Specialist II | 2 | $57,580 | +16.0% | ||
| Postdoctoral Research Associate III | 2 | $66,294 | +8.5% | ||
| Principal Scientist | 2 | $90,000 | +19.0% | ||
| Research Professional I | 2 | $48,770 | +3.2% | ||
| Scientific Analyst II | 2 | $76,867 | +6.3% | ||
| Software Engineer, Cloud Native Services | 2 | $100,233 | +23.2% | ||
| Solutions Developer | 2 | $75,250 | +19.8% | ||
| User Experience Strategist | 2 | $81,795 | +7.9% | ||
| Visiting Lecturer | 2 | $72,800 | +33.5% | ||
| Administrative Operations Manager II | 1 | $75,406 | +15.7% | ||
| Assistant Academic Director, Arabic Special Programs | 1 | $70,392 | +71.7% | ||
| Assistant Director, Arabic Specail Programs | 1 | $46,446 | +9.9% | ||
| Assistant Director, Arabic Special Programs/Facilitator III | 1 | $70,387 | +32.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Agribusiness | 1 | $150,987 | +134.5% | ||
| Assistant Professor Data-Driven Arid Crop Systems | 1 | $136,843 | +112.6% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Finance | 1 | $325,000 | +449.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Judaic Studies | 1 | $81,705 | +7.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Mathematics | 1 | $130,000 | +93.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Practice, Biotechnology | 1 | $136,843 | +63.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Practice in Classics | 1 | $64,040 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor of Pratice | 1 | $80,850 | +40.9% | ||
| Assistant Research Professor, Surgery | 1 | $97,650 | +32.0% | ||
| Associate Director, Faculty Programs | 1 | $103,480 | +2.8% | ||
| Associate Research Professor | 1 | $90,189 | +26.9% | ||
| Associate Research Scientist | 1 | $85,000 | +12.4% | ||
| Bioinformatics Analyst | 1 | $75,540 | +42.4% | ||
| Biostatistician II | 1 | $82,000 | +32.5% | ||
| Biostatistician III | 1 | $98,201 | +35.8% | ||
| Biostatistician IV | 1 | $89,107 | +3.0% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 69 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson, AZ | 136 | $85,000 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 14 | $72,000 |
| Mesa, AZ | 3 | $83,979 |
| Oro Valley, AZ | 3 | $95,934 |
| Maricopa, AZ | 2 | $60,474 |
| Oracle, AZ | 1 | $75,564 |
| Yuma, AZ | 1 | $85,602 |
By visa type: 160 H-1B. By outcome: 125 certified, 29 certified and later withdrawn, 6 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 The University of Arizona 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.
- 6 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.