University of South Carolina H-1B wage filings
Columbia, SC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of South Carolina filed 66 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $88,000, 40.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor of Business Analytics (3 filings, median $125,000).
- Filings
- 66
- Positions covered
- 66
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 57
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Filings since FY2020
- 314
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +80%
Offered wage since 2020
University of South Carolina's median H-1B wage offer rose 80%, from $49,717 in fiscal 2020 to $89,371 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 35.6% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 54 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 South Carolina by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 45 | $89,371 | +3.9% | $59,890 | +35.6% |
| 2025 | 53 | $86,000 | +21.7% | $59,190 | +45.3% |
| 2024 | 49 | $70,640 | +29.1% | $56,368 | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 54 | $54,704 | −4.7% | $53,040 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 51 | $57,410 | −4.3% | $57,410 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 32 | $59,960 | +20.6% | $59,960 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 30 | $49,717 | n/a | $52,863 | at the minimum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor of Business Analytics | 3 | $125,000 | +123.1% | |
| Assistant Professor/Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 3 | $90,000 | +91.9% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of HRSM Retail | 2 | $88,000 | +48.6% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Mathematics | 2 | $74,176 | +50.8% | |
| Instructor of Industrial Engineering | 2 | $87,000 | +37.0% | |
| IT Business Data Analyst | 2 | $89,371 | +101.2% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow/Department of Mechanical Engineering | 2 | $58,434 | +8.0% | |
| Asst. Prof./Dept. of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Mgmt | 1 | $86,000 | +45.2% | |
| Asst. Prof. of Ind. Eng./Dept. of Inform. & Eng. Sys. | 1 | $102,000 | +60.7% | |
| Asst. Prof. of Math./Dept. of USC Sumter - Palmetto College | 1 | $63,655 | +19.7% | |
| Asst Prof of Stat/Dept of USC Lancaster - Palmetto College | 1 | $50,000 | +12.8% | |
| Assistant Prof/Department of Chemistry & Physics | 1 | $62,928 | +8.8% | |
| Assistant Prof/Dept of Computer Science & Engineering | 1 | $110,109 | +60.7% | |
| Assistant Prof/Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics | 1 | $93,840 | +29.8% | |
| Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity | 1 | $115,000 | +89.5% | |
| Assistant Professor- Department of HRSM Retail | 1 | $87,000 | +46.9% | |
| Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering | 1 | $90,000 | +25.3% | |
| Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering Program | 1 | $110,000 | +84.6% | |
| Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Cybersecurity) | 1 | $100,000 | +129.7% | |
| Assistant Professor/Analytical and Environmental Chemistry | 1 | $87,000 | +33.3% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Biological Sciences | 1 | $85,000 | +33.5% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Economics | 1 | $140,172 | +148.3% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Enviro. Health Sciences | 1 | $83,436 | +31.2% | |
| Asst. Professor/Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 1 | $90,000 | +24.5% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Management Science | 1 | $185,000 | +212.4% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Marketing | 1 | $185,000 | +212.4% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Mechanical Engineering | 1 | $110,000 | +84.6% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Physics and Astronomy | 1 | $85,000 | +43.6% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Psychology | 1 | $90,000 | +62.9% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Social Work | 1 | $85,000 | +27.1% | |
| Assistant Professor/Department of Sociology | 1 | $85,000 | +91.5% | |
| Assistant Professor/Dept. of Chemistry | 1 | $87,000 | +33.3% | |
| Asst. Professor/Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | $124,073 | +81.1% | |
| Asst. Professor/Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communications | 1 | $90,000 | +62.8% | |
| Assistant Professor/School of Business Administration | 1 | $110,250 | +100.0% | |
| Assistant Scientist/College of Education | 1 | $70,000 | +119.5% | |
| Assistant Scientist/Dept of ASPH Prevention Research Center | 1 | $64,453 | +32.9% | |
| Associate Scientist/School of Medicine and Clinical Affairs | 1 | $84,915 | +166.3% | |
| Budget Analyst/Department of DAF Budget Office | 1 | $95,423 | +20.2% | |
| Clinical Assistant Prof/Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics | 1 | $76,687 | +63.5% | |
Showing the 40 most-filed of 57 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia, SC | 52 | $87,500 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 7 | $102,000 |
| Aiken, SC | 4 | $100,125 |
| Sumter, SC | 2 | $61,125 |
| Lancaster, SC | 1 | $50,000 |
By visa type: 66 H-1B. By outcome: 66 certified.
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 South Carolina 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.