Washington State University H-1B wage filings
Pullman, WA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Washington State University filed 89 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $87,211, 42.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (31 filings, median $104,282).
- Filings
- 89
- Positions covered
- 84
- Certified
- 94.4%
- Job titles
- 26
- Worksite cities
- 15
- Filings since FY2020
- 419
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +52%
Offered wage since 2020
Washington State University's median H-1B wage offer rose 52%, from $57,500 in fiscal 2020 to $87,211 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 45.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 88 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.
Washington State University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 69 | $87,211 | +2.6% | $56,337 | +45.1% |
| 2025 | 88 | $85,000 | +13.2% | $57,928 | +38.6% |
| 2024 | 78 | $75,110 | −9.3% | $59,509 | +26.3% |
| 2023 | 66 | $82,830 | +15.4% | $60,660 | +19.1% |
| 2022 | 49 | $71,760 | +32.9% | $50,222 | +25.9% |
| 2021 | 38 | $54,000 | −6.1% | $46,450 | +25.3% |
| 2020 | 31 | $57,500 | n/a | $46,710 | +17.3% |
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 | 31 | $104,282 | +63.8% | +15% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 13 | $86,599 | +62.0% | −3% since 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 8 | $60,242 | +10.9% | +19% since 2020 | |
| Data and Strategy Associate | 4 | $92,050 | +14.4% | ||
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 3 | $147,540 | +68.0% | ||
| Teaching Assistant Professor | 3 | $78,000 | +55.2% | ||
| Information Systems Project Leader | 2 | $109,729 | +52.1% | ||
| International Recruiting Coordinator/Lead Assistant Coach | 2 | $60,000 | +7.3% | ||
| Lecturer | 2 | $170,000 | +30.3% | ||
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 2 | $70,000 | +5.7% | ||
| Research Associate | 2 | $57,729 | +12.4% | +13% since 2022 | |
| Scientific Assistant | 2 | $51,646 | +10.7% | ||
| Staff Scientist | 2 | $66,000 | +17.1% | ||
| Academic Coordinator/Advisor | 1 | $50,000 | +1.9% | ||
| Agricultural Research Technologist | 1 | $46,920 | +13.9% | ||
| Application Systems Analyst/Developer | 1 | $82,952 | +3.9% | ||
| Assistant Research Professor | 1 | $92,571 | +11.0% | ||
| Assistant Women's Basketball Coach | 1 | $100,000 | +162.7% | ||
| Assistant Women's Golf Coach | 1 | $45,000 | +18.2% | ||
| Associate in Research | 1 | $66,625 | +40.7% | ||
| Business Data Analyst | 1 | $82,720 | +33.1% | ||
| Energy Engineer 3 | 1 | $150,000 | +110.2% | ||
| IT Auditor | 1 | $87,822 | +12.7% | ||
| Scholarly Assistant Professor | 1 | $69,949 | +31.4% | ||
| Scientific Laboratory Manager | 1 | $77,969 | +62.3% | ||
| Tree Fruit Extension Educator | 1 | $88,000 | +28.5% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Pullman, WA | 61 | $86,599 |
| Spokane, WA | 6 | $72,297 |
| Prosser, WA | 4 | $85,476 |
| Richland, WA | 4 | $110,000 |
| Lind, WA | 3 | $88,346 |
| Vancouver, WA | 2 | $88,668 |
| Chandler, AZ | 1 | $109,729 |
| Clarksburg, MD | 1 | $98,738 |
| Farmington, UT | 1 | $87,822 |
| Mount Vernon, WA | 1 | $85,000 |
| Olympia, WA | 1 | $150,000 |
| Puyallup, WA | 1 | $52,093 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 15 worksite cities.
By visa type: 87 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 52 certified, 32 certified and later withdrawn, 5 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 Washington State University 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.