University of Pittsburgh H-1B wage filings
Pittsburgh, PA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of Pittsburgh filed 279 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $70,000, 22.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Associate (54 filings, median $65,528).
- Filings
- 279
- Positions covered
- 271
- Certified
- 97.1%
- Job titles
- 95
- Worksite cities
- 6
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,997
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
University of Pittsburgh's median H-1B wage offer rose 17%, from $60,000 in fiscal 2020 to $70,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 22.6% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 326 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.
University of Pittsburgh by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 225 | $70,000 | no change | $60,000 | +22.6% |
| 2025 | 322 | $70,000 | +4.1% | $56,368 | +22.5% |
| 2024 | 307 | $67,265 | +5.6% | $53,893 | +22.2% |
| 2023 | 326 | $63,701 | +3.2% | $48,568 | +23.2% |
| 2022 | 296 | $61,733 | +2.9% | $48,942 | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 272 | $60,000 | no change | $48,942 | +20.4% |
| 2020 | 249 | $60,000 | n/a | $43,784 | +25.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Associate | 54 | $65,528 | +22.3% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 33 | $100,000 | +66.7% | −8% since 2020 | |
| Research Scientist | 18 | $67,050 | +15.7% | +17% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 17 | $80,000 | +18.6% | +7% since 2020 | |
| Research Instructor | 12 | $73,800 | +11.0% | +27% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor of Radiology | 9 | $119,995 | +28.8% | ||
| Senior Research Scientist | 6 | $84,681 | +26.7% | ||
| Teaching Assistant Professor | 6 | $88,594 | +47.7% | +28% since 2023 | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator | 4 | $50,876 | +25.7% | ||
| Laboratory Research Technician II | 4 | $40,137 | +14.5% | ||
| Post-Doctoral Associate | 4 | $62,232 | +22.9% | +0% since 2023 | |
| Research Associate | 4 | $65,000 | +31.9% | +2% since 2021 | |
| Clinical Research Assistant | 3 | $38,000 | +8.4% | ||
| Clinical Research Coordinator III | 3 | $60,000 | +6.7% | ||
| Data Scientist | 3 | $70,000 | +15.4% | ||
| Director of Information Technology Data Management | 3 | $158,536 | +39.9% | ||
| Laboratory Research Technician | 3 | $40,000 | +14.1% | +2% since 2024 | |
| Assistant Professor – Anatomic Pathology | 2 | $130,000 | +4.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Opthalmology | 2 | $109,075 | +17.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Surgery | 2 | $199,992 | +225.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Radiology | 2 | $249,995 | +59.6% | ||
| Associate Professor | 2 | $135,270 | +125.5% | +19% since 2022 | |
| Laboratory Manager | 2 | $68,624 | +1.7% | ||
| Laboratory Research Technician III | 2 | $48,500 | +38.4% | ||
| Laboratory Research Technician IV | 2 | $55,000 | +30.1% | ||
| Medical Data Scientist | 2 | $56,000 | +9.6% | ||
| Medical Data Scientist I | 2 | $63,057 | +1.3% | ||
| Neurologist | 2 | $119,995 | +25.1% | ||
| Senior Research Specialist | 2 | $52,923 | +51.0% | −3% since 2023 | |
| Teaching Associate Professor | 2 | $76,211 | +27.0% | ||
| Veterinary Technician | 2 | $52,786 | +50.6% | ||
| Visiting Lecturer | 2 | $65,000 | +8.3% | ||
| Academic Health Sciences Research Fellow | 1 | $42,230 | +10.6% | ||
| Adjunct Lecturer | 1 | $62,650 | +6.7% | ||
| Applications Systems Analyst III | 1 | $81,176 | +3.5% | ||
| Area Coordinator | 1 | $49,000 | +10.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Adult Cardiology | 1 | $325,000 | +107.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Cardiac Anesthesiology | 1 | $130,000 | +4.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Cardiac Surgery | 1 | $239,990 | +291.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Cognitive Neurology | 1 | $260,000 | +65.9% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 95 job titles.
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Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh, PA | 269 | $70,000 |
| Bradford, PA | 5 | $82,547 |
| New Castle, PA | 2 | $199,992 |
| Leesburg, VA | 1 | $62,232 |
| Monroeville, PA | 1 | $109,075 |
| Westwood, KS | 1 | $119,995 |
By visa type: 278 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 253 certified, 18 certified and later withdrawn, 8 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 University of Pittsburgh 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.
- 38 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.