The University of Texas at Austin H-1B wage filings
Austin, TX. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The University of Texas at Austin filed 297 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $88,400, 47.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (75 filings, median $122,000).
- Filings
- 297
- Positions covered
- 286
- Certified
- 96.3%
- Job titles
- 41
- Worksite cities
- 6
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,399
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +20%
Offered wage since 2020
The University of Texas at Austin's median H-1B wage offer rose 20%, from $73,542 in fiscal 2020 to $88,450 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 47.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 257 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 Texas at Austin by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 226 | $88,450 | +2.2% | $57,866 | +47.1% |
| 2025 | 257 | $86,528 | +15.6% | $60,445 | +50.8% |
| 2024 | 183 | $74,880 | +7.0% | $58,822 | +28.6% |
| 2023 | 158 | $70,000 | +5.7% | $51,642 | +36.0% |
| 2022 | 193 | $66,230 | +10.4% | $47,260 | +38.5% |
| 2021 | 189 | $60,000 | −18.4% | $48,214 | +29.5% |
| 2020 | 193 | $73,542 | n/a | $51,896 | +39.6% |
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 | 75 | $122,000 | +98.2% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 53 | $65,000 | +22.0% | +28% since 2020 | |
| Research Associate | 45 | $81,000 | +16.8% | +4% since 2020 | |
| Research Fellow | 18 | $66,285 | +24.2% | +24% since 2021 | |
| Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III | 16 | $70,984 | +14.2% | +6% since 2020 | |
| Research Engineering/Scientist Associate V | 8 | $92,000 | +49.6% | +39% since 2025 | |
| Assistant Professor of Instruction | 7 | $71,400 | +22.6% | +28% since 2022 | |
| Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IV | 7 | $102,586 | +14.6% | +14% since 2022 | |
| Professor | 6 | $180,000 | +267.4% | ||
| Research Assistant Professor | 6 | $111,625 | +14.4% | +9% since 2024 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Research Associate V | 6 | $96,960 | +30.5% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Practice | 4 | $76,227 | +52.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor/Director | 4 | $173,350 | +131.0% | ||
| Associate Professor | 3 | $151,000 | +87.8% | ||
| Engineering Scientist Associate | 3 | $110,601 | +0.7% | ||
| Program Manager | 3 | $72,500 | +37.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor/Pediatric Hematologist /Oncologist | 2 | $250,000 | +49.2% | ||
| Associate Professor/Director | 2 | $179,700 | +140.8% | ||
| Lecturer | 2 | $80,350 | +33.1% | −14% since 2020 | |
| Principal Data Architect | 2 | $255,000 | +235.7% | ||
| Research Engineering Scientist Associate III | 2 | $80,564 | +28.3% | ||
| Research Scientist | 2 | $71,200 | +3.2% | ||
| Social Science/Humanities Research Associate III | 2 | $59,160 | +12.3% | ||
| Social Science / Humanities Research Associate IV | 2 | $60,000 | +60.6% | ||
| Assistant Coach, Rowing | 1 | $66,000 | +83.7% | ||
| Assistant Director of Research | 1 | $77,048 | +24.2% | ||
| Associate Director | 1 | $250,000 | +52.9% | ||
| Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow | 1 | $75,000 | +21.0% | ||
| Marketing Strategist | 1 | $75,276 | +35.4% | ||
| Principal Software Engineer | 1 | $121,700 | +45.6% | ||
| Professor of Instruction | 1 | $144,261 | +49.4% | ||
| Professor of Practice | 1 | $90,000 | +82.9% | ||
| Research Assocaite | 1 | $65,000 | +16.9% | ||
| Research Engineer | 1 | $114,024 | +11.1% | ||
| Research Engineering / Scientist Associate | 1 | n/a | |||
| Research/Engineering Scientist Associate V | 1 | n/a | |||
| Researching/Engineering Scientist Associate V | 1 | $134,640 | +22.1% | ||
| Senior Data Analyst | 1 | $90,000 | +15.6% | ||
| Senior Research Fellow | 1 | $87,000 | +91.1% | ||
| Social Science/Humanities Research Associate I | 1 | $37,357 | at the minimum | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 41 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | 283 | $88,400 |
| Port Aransas, TX | 10 | $167,000 |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $65,000 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $85,000 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 1 | $255,000 |
| Southbridge, MA | 1 | $105,000 |
By visa type: 291 H-1B, 6 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 153 certified, 133 certified and later withdrawn, 11 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 Texas at Austin 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.
- 4 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.