The University of Iowa H-1B wage filings
Iowa City, IA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Also filed as University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa filed 311 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $85,824, 42.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Clinical Assistant Professor (69 filings, median $290,000).
- Filings
- 311
- Positions covered
- 311
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 60
- Worksite cities
- 10
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,767
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The University of Iowa's median H-1B wage offer rose 17%, from $71,624 in fiscal 2020 to $84,100 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 42.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 354 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 Iowa by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 247 | $84,100 | no change | $64,459 | +42.7% |
| 2025 | 354 | $84,100 | +3.9% | $63,440 | +39.2% |
| 2024 | 301 | $80,933 | +10.3% | $59,490 | +36.3% |
| 2023 | 245 | $73,400 | +4.9% | $55,786 | +31.6% |
| 2022 | 218 | $70,000 | +1.3% | $59,983 | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 206 | $69,100 | −3.5% | $61,672 | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 196 | $71,624 | n/a | $62,899 | +13.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 69 | $290,000 | +144.2% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 42 | $111,000 | +54.2% | −8% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Research Scientist | 27 | $71,198 | +12.5% | +28% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scholar | 26 | $65,050 | +15.2% | +24% since 2020 | |
| House Staff Resident Physician | 19 | $72,100 | +62.4% | +20% since 2020 | |
| House Staff Fellow Physician | 15 | $84,100 | +54.2% | +22% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Associate Professor | 11 | $345,661 | +160.0% | −8% since 2022 | |
| Residence Hall Life Administration Coordinator | 8 | $48,113 | +64.2% | ||
| Visiting Instructor | 7 | $56,667 | +7.0% | ||
| Research Assistant Professor | 6 | $72,100 | +34.5% | −7% since 2023 | |
| Research Assistant | 5 | $48,234 | +19.4% | +5% since 2023 | |
| Instructor | 4 | $116,625 | +38.0% | ||
| Research Associate | 4 | $52,901 | +7.0% | ||
| Senior Application Developer | 4 | $99,435 | +23.3% | ||
| Associate Professor | 3 | $143,166 | at the minimum | ||
| Interim DEO/Chair | 3 | $648,855 | +769.9% | ||
| Senior Application Developer - Architecture Team | 3 | $102,398 | +15.1% | ||
| Visiting Assistant Professor | 3 | $190,000 | +91.3% | +151% since 2021 | |
| Clinical Pharmacist | 2 | $121,622 | +52.0% | ||
| Clinical Trials Research Specialist | 2 | $69,254 | +12.2% | ||
| Financial Analyst | 2 | $55,620 | +16.1% | ||
| Lab Manager | 2 | $61,531 | +17.5% | ||
| Lead Data & Systems Administrator | 2 | $110,282 | at the minimum | ||
| Post-Doctoral Research Assistant | 2 | $63,480 | +19.2% | ||
| Post Doctoral Research Scholar | 2 | $64,420 | +3.0% | ||
| Research Specialist | 2 | $72,460 | +7.4% | ||
| Staff Psychologist | 2 | $80,000 | +61.2% | ||
| UI Mobile Application Product Manager | 2 | $104,000 | +68.3% | ||
| Adjunct Instruction | 1 | $197,600 | +52.3% | ||
| Adjunct Instructor | 1 | $65,000 | +131.8% | ||
| Application Developer | 1 | $86,295 | +8.0% | ||
| Application Programmer | 1 | $72,055 | +3.8% | ||
| Asociate Research Scientist | 1 | $81,400 | +26.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Instruction | 1 | $52,940 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Rowing Coach | 1 | $69,210 | +106.5% | ||
| Associate Research Scientist | 1 | $79,707 | +7.4% | ||
| Clinical Professor | 1 | $406,000 | +135.7% | ||
| Clinical Trials Research Associate | 1 | $60,715 | at the minimum | ||
| Core Facility Research Assistant | 1 | $63,654 | +19.5% | ||
| Dietician II | 1 | $63,495 | +3.8% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 60 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa City, IA | 296 | $86,075 |
| North Liberty, IA | 3 | $84,100 |
| Ankeny, IA | 2 | $72,460 |
| Coralville, IA | 2 | $102,398 |
| Ottumwa, IA | 2 | $375,000 |
| Sioux City, IA | 2 | $69,400 |
| Concord, NC | 1 | $117,626 |
| Redding, CA | 1 | $77,813 |
| Rochester Hills, MI | 1 | $75,748 |
| Seattle, WA | 1 | $62,232 |
By visa type: 311 H-1B. By outcome: 310 certified, 1 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 The University of Iowa 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.
- 10 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.