Applications Programmer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Computer Programmers (SOC 15-1251).

Employers filed 27 wage applications for Applications Programmer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $109,886, 15.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. University of California, Los Angeles filed the most (7, median $142,284).

Filings: 27
Positions covered: 26
Employers: 12
Median offered: $109,886
Median prevailing wage: $95,847
Filings since FY2020: 128
Median offer change since FY2020: −15%

Applications Programmer, all employers27 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$109,886Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$96,537 to $134,997Where the middle half of the filings fall

$95,847Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Applications Programmer jobs fell 15%, from $120,000 in fiscal 2020 to $101,700 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 26 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.

Applications Programmer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	20	$101,700	−24.5%	$92,664	+11.6%
2025	26	$134,757	−8.0%	$109,419	+12.8%
2024	14	$146,418	+26.8%	$106,319	+16.7%
2023	24	$115,501	−9.4%	$98,467	+7.9%
2022	16	$127,500	−4.8%	$96,252	+13.5%
2021	17	$133,968	+11.6%	$100,838	+14.8%
2020	11	$120,000	n/a	$72,613	+10.8%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
University of California, Los Angeles	7	$142,284	+39.8%
University of California, Davis	7	$109,000	+18.4%
University of California at Santa Barbara	2	$98,796	+22.3%
Transcend IT Solutions, LLC	2	$83,606	at the minimum
Technivio LLC	2	$77,418	+4.3%
Technogen, Inc.	1	$114,060	+24.5%
Clarkson Eyecare, LLC	1	$107,438	+10.3%
Ibg LLC	1	$135,000	+15.1%
University of California, Berkeley	1	$110,772	+11.6%
Serigor Inc.	1	$132,000	+1.0%
Health One Alliance, LLC	1	$77,420	at the minimum
Regenstrief Institute, Inc.	1	$70,000	+18.9%

Where Applications Programmer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Davis, CA	5	$109,000	+28.8%
Los Angeles, CA	5	$141,967	+44.5%
Charlotte, NC	2	$77,418	+4.3%
Oakland, CA	2	$178,872	+39.8%
San Jose, CA	2	$110,916	+10.1%
Santa Barbara, CA	2	$98,796	+22.3%
Ballwin, MO	1	$107,438	+10.3%
Berkeley, CA	1	$110,772	+11.6%
Gainesville, FL	1	$70,000	+18.9%
Greenwich, CT	1	$135,000	+15.1%
Lombard, IL	1	$132,000	+1.0%
Raritan, NJ	1	$98,301	at the minimum
Rockville, MD	1	$114,060	+24.5%
Tallahassee, FL	1	$68,910	at the minimum
The Colony, TX	1	$77,420	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry31%

Level II, qualified42%

Level III, experienced8%

Level IV, fully competent19%

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 employers 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.