University of Wisconsin System H-1B wage filings
Madison, WI. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of Wisconsin System filed 350 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $75,000, 24.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Scientist I (81 filings, median $69,000).
- Filings
- 350
- Positions covered
- 343
- Certified
- 98.0%
- Job titles
- 62
- Worksite cities
- 14
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,670
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +26%
Offered wage since 2020
University of Wisconsin System's median H-1B wage offer rose 26%, from $60,694 in fiscal 2020 to $76,187 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 25.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 352 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 Wisconsin System by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 251 | $76,187 | +3.4% | $60,000 | +25.8% |
| 2025 | 352 | $73,665 | +9.2% | $60,350 | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 289 | $67,478 | +3.8% | $56,331 | +20.8% |
| 2023 | 258 | $65,000 | +0.3% | $53,414 | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 240 | $64,816 | −0.3% | $50,419 | +26.6% |
| 2021 | 152 | $65,000 | +7.1% | $51,370 | +26.7% |
| 2020 | 128 | $60,694 | n/a | $51,911 | +20.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientist I | 81 | $69,000 | +16.2% | +7% since 2022 | |
| Assistant Professor | 77 | $116,955 | +81.8% | +35% since 2020 | |
| Research Associate-Postdegree Trainee | 54 | $61,008 | +14.9% | +20% since 2020 | |
| Scientist II | 22 | $80,959 | +45.2% | +4% since 2022 | |
| Researcher I | 15 | $60,699 | +19.6% | +6% since 2023 | |
| Scientist III | 9 | $89,294 | +48.6% | +25% since 2025 | |
| Researcher 2 | 8 | $76,742 | +31.3% | +10% since 2023 | |
| Research Specialist | 6 | $51,000 | +18.7% | +21% since 2022 | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 4 | $95,890 | at the minimum | −11% since 2022 | |
| Lecturer | 4 | $80,870 | +19.0% | +13% since 2023 | |
| Clinical Instructor - Neuroradiology Fellow | 3 | $91,148 | +25.4% | ||
| Data Scientist I | 3 | $67,870 | +10.0% | ||
| Postgraduate Trainee 1 | 3 | $69,126 | +9.9% | ||
| Teaching Faculty I | 3 | $59,987 | +16.8% | −33% since 2023 | |
| Teaching Faculty II | 3 | $86,048 | +45.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor (CHS) | 2 | $191,500 | +150.8% | ||
| Biostatistician II | 2 | $80,907 | +35.4% | ||
| Clinical Assistant Professor - Hospitalist | 2 | $121,098 | +57.8% | ||
| Data Engineer I | 2 | $54,631 | +4.8% | ||
| Data Scientist II | 2 | $81,935 | +20.7% | ||
| Instrumentation Technologist II | 2 | $80,000 | +17.5% | ||
| Outreach Specialist | 2 | $76,187 | +75.5% | ||
| Research Associate-Postdoctoral Trainee | 2 | $67,464 | +18.1% | ||
| Asst Professor-Cardiovascular/Thoracic Imaging Radiologist | 1 | $134,347 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor (CHS)-Clinical MRI Physicist | 1 | $163,500 | +17.1% | ||
| ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (CHS) - Nuclear Medicine Physician | 1 | $139,568 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor (CHS) - Pediatric Allergist/Immunologist | 1 | $79,893 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Teaching Professor | 1 | $135,000 | +107.2% | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $170,000 | +28.1% | ||
| Bilingual Mental Health Provider/Lecturer | 1 | $84,660 | +18.6% | ||
| Client-Based Researcher II | 1 | $90,000 | +78.9% | ||
| Client Based Researcher II - Dairy Applications Specialist | 1 | $75,643 | +26.1% | ||
| Clinical Assistant Professor - Gi Pathologist | 1 | $126,818 | at the minimum | ||
| Clinical Associate Professor - Nephrologist | 1 | $86,630 | +26.5% | ||
| Clinical Instructor - Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellow | 1 | $80,926 | +18.2% | ||
| Clinical Instructor - Endourology Fellow | 1 | $81,426 | +18.9% | ||
| Clinical Instructor-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Fellow | 1 | $80,926 | +18.2% | ||
| Clinical Instructor - Muskuloskeletal Imaging Fellow | 1 | $80,926 | +18.2% | ||
| Clinical Instructor - Surgery Fellow | 1 | $81,426 | +18.9% | ||
| Curator II | 1 | $72,134 | +34.5% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 62 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Madison, WI | 332 | $74,628 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2 | $80,870 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 2 | $130,000 |
| Malden, MA | 2 | $75,801 |
| Normal, IL | 2 | $60,000 |
| Stevens Point, WI | 2 | $76,187 |
| Ames, IA | 1 | $76,000 |
| Foster City, CA | 1 | $69,423 |
| Logan, UT | 1 | $65,640 |
| Monticello, IN | 1 | $117,000 |
| Plano, TX | 1 | $90,640 |
| Rochester Hills, MI | 1 | $84,488 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 14 worksite cities.
By visa type: 348 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 167 certified, 176 certified and later withdrawn, 6 withdrawn before a decision, 1 denied.
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 Wisconsin System 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.
- 5 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.