The University of Virginia H-1B wage filings
Charlottesville, VA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The University of Virginia filed 240 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $75,000, 21.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Associate (67 filings, median $64,050).
- Filings
- 240
- Positions covered
- 239
- Certified
- 99.6%
- Job titles
- 64
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,425
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +8%
Offered wage since 2020
The University of Virginia's median H-1B wage offer rose 8%, from $69,597 in fiscal 2020 to $75,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 20.4% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 258 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 Virginia by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 166 | $75,000 | −3.4% | $61,298 | +20.4% |
| 2025 | 258 | $77,662 | +5.5% | $60,250 | +21.0% |
| 2024 | 220 | $73,600 | +2.4% | $59,134 | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 250 | $71,849 | +5.7% | $55,817 | +28.9% |
| 2022 | 206 | $68,000 | +0.2% | $57,537 | +27.8% |
| 2021 | 166 | $67,850 | −2.5% | $56,014 | +21.7% |
| 2020 | 159 | $69,597 | n/a | $57,902 | +21.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Associate | 67 | $64,050 | +15.1% | +20% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 45 | $103,700 | +34.1% | −21% since 2020 | |
| Research Scientist | 42 | $68,404 | +17.2% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 8 | $103,900 | +32.0% | −21% since 2022 | |
| Resident | 7 | $68,370 | +2.8% | +9% since 2021 | |
| Lab Specialist | 5 | $55,869 | +8.2% | ||
| Assistant Director of School Systems | 2 | $117,100 | +26.1% | ||
| Data Analyst | 2 | $83,030 | +74.9% | ||
| Instructor of Accounting | 2 | $73,600 | +43.0% | ||
| Lecturer | 2 | $61,000 | +7.7% | +28% since 2021 | |
| Pharmacist | 2 | $137,488 | +49.6% | ||
| Research Associate Professor | 2 | $138,000 | +34.6% | ||
| Research Specialist Senior | 2 | $80,241 | +44.6% | ||
| Senior Scientist | 2 | $91,542 | +21.8% | ||
| Advanced Practice Provider | 1 | $110,000 | +28.5% | ||
| Applications Systems Analyst/Programmer 3 | 1 | $113,792 | +15.4% | ||
| Assistant Coach | 1 | $90,000 | +64.6% | ||
| Assistant Director, Data and Analytics | 1 | $127,150 | +19.2% | ||
| Assistant Director of Research Infrastructure | 1 | $155,000 | +47.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Medicine, Research | 1 | $88,000 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $100,000 | +9.5% | −52% since 2022 | |
| Bioinformatics Analyst | 1 | $88,733 | +27.3% | ||
| Bioinformatics Analyst Intermediate | 1 | $81,159 | +0.6% | ||
| Biostatistician | 1 | $82,400 | +122.3% | ||
| Business Intelligence Professional | 1 | $121,661 | +34.8% | ||
| Clinical Faculty | 1 | $350,002 | +10.6% | ||
| Clinical Fellow | 1 | $84,747 | +97.3% | ||
| Clinical Instructor and Lecturer | 1 | $82,389 | +44.3% | ||
| Clinical Research Coordinator | 1 | $81,435 | +3.0% | ||
| Clinical Supervisor in Speech Language Pathology | 1 | $83,720 | +6.6% | ||
| Data Engineer | 1 | $110,000 | +41.0% | ||
| Data Scientist | 1 | $122,600 | +14.9% | ||
| Data Specialist | 1 | $63,860 | +6.9% | ||
| Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellow | 1 | $79,900 | +17.0% | ||
| Elevator Network and Integration Associate | 1 | $66,000 | +6.6% | ||
| Fellow | 1 | $71,205 | +3.6% | +14% since 2020 | |
| Head of Legal Data Lab | 1 | $122,500 | +14.8% | ||
| Instructor | 1 | $119,995 | +31.4% | ||
| Integrations Developer | 1 | $92,700 | +18.4% | ||
| Intermediate Data Scientist | 1 | $115,000 | +29.4% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 64 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Charlottesville, VA | 229 | $74,013 |
| Wise, VA | 4 | $74,300 |
| Denver, NC | 2 | $83,030 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 2 | $100,000 |
| Bayonne, NJ | 1 | $121,661 |
| Fishersville, VA | 1 | $100,000 |
| Irving, TX | 1 | $110,000 |
By visa type: 238 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 186 certified, 53 certified and later withdrawn, 1 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 Virginia 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.
- 7 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.
Other employers based in Charlottesville, VA
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory17
- University of Virginia Physicians Group15
- Albemarle County Public Schools8
- Silverchair Science & Communications LLC6
- University of Virginia Health Services Foundation84
- Apex Clean Energy, Inc.70
- University of Virginia Investment Management Co.22
- Millennium Software Consulting, LLC16
- CFA Institute12
- Center for Open Science10