University of Washington H-1B wage filings
Seattle, WA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of Washington filed 198 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $94,560, 34.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Scholar (42 filings, median $76,500).
- Filings
- 198
- Positions covered
- 195
- Certified
- 98.5%
- Job titles
- 25
- Worksite cities
- 8
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,255
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +43%
Offered wage since 2020
University of Washington's median H-1B wage offer rose 43%, from $65,340 in fiscal 2020 to $93,714 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 28.9% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 240 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 Washington by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 155 | $93,714 | −0.7% | $68,460 | +28.9% |
| 2025 | 240 | $94,356 | +10.9% | $68,460 | +38.7% |
| 2024 | 205 | $85,098 | +0.1% | $68,460 | +24.5% |
| 2023 | 158 | $85,007 | +13.5% | $60,780 | +31.9% |
| 2022 | 172 | $74,900 | +8.7% | $56,560 | +30.7% |
| 2021 | 171 | $68,885 | +5.4% | $53,680 | +26.9% |
| 2020 | 154 | $65,340 | n/a | $52,758 | +21.4% |
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 Scholar | 42 | $76,500 | +11.7% | +29% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 35 | $115,002 | +63.7% | +34% since 2020 | |
| Acting Instructor | 29 | $87,564 | +33.7% | +30% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor without Tenure | 21 | $257,280 | +173.8% | +207% since 2021 | |
| Research Scientist/Engineer 3 | 9 | $88,962 | +22.4% | +2% since 2024 | |
| Resident | 9 | $88,836 | at the minimum | +44% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 8 | $109,626 | +33.1% | +6% since 2022 | |
| Associate Professor without Tenure | 7 | $415,416 | +264.5% | ||
| Acting Assistant Professor | 6 | $117,804 | +57.5% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Fellow | 6 | $96,264 | at the minimum | +34% since 2022 | |
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice | 4 | $222,522 | +137.2% | ||
| Assistant Teaching Professor | 4 | $90,774 | +47.8% | +31% since 2021 | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor, salaried | 3 | $198,768 | +74.9% | ||
| Fellow - Non-ACGME | 2 | $85,644 | +39.5% | ||
| Research Scientist / Engineer 2 | 2 | $74,688 | +8.7% | ||
| Senior Research Software Engineer | 2 | $160,008 | +47.1% | ||
| Bioinformatics Specialist / Software Engineer | 1 | $92,904 | +45.0% | ||
| Clinical Associate Professor, salaried | 1 | $329,568 | +190.0% | ||
| IHME Data Analyst | 1 | $79,992 | +2.1% | ||
| IT Applications Director, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Systems | 1 | $207,216 | +0.4% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar - Fellow | 1 | $70,008 | +2.3% | ||
| Research Analyst 3 | 1 | $70,044 | +34.4% | ||
| Research Scientist / Engineer 1 | 1 | $71,040 | +25.9% | ||
| Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE) 3 | 1 | $69,996 | +11.8% | ||
| Research Scientist / Engineer - Senior | 1 | $106,260 | +27.3% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | 187 | $94,383 |
| Tacoma, WA | 4 | $105,393 |
| Bothell, WA | 2 | $132,489 |
| Berkeley, CA | 1 | $130,500 |
| Dublin, CA | 1 | $207,216 |
| Federal Way, WA | 1 | $84,504 |
| Washington, DC | 1 | $70,008 |
| Wa, WA | 1 | $205,956 |
By visa type: 197 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 163 certified, 32 certified and later withdrawn, 3 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 Washington 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.