Associate Director H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Computer Systems Engineers/Architects (SOC 15-1299.08).
Employers filed 476 wage applications for Associate Director jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 120 employers. The median offered wage was $150,000, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp filed the most (219, median $144,310).
- Filings
- 476
- Positions covered
- 536
- Employers
- 120
- Median offered
- $150,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $143,790
- Filings since FY2020
- 3,059
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +33%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Associate Director jobs rose 33%, from $112,424 in fiscal 2020 to $150,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 638 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.
Associate Director by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 357 | $150,000 | no change | $144,144 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 455 | $149,947 | +6.3% | $136,989 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 463 | $141,110 | +1.8% | $125,590 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 406 | $138,590 | +4.7% | $122,262 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 398 | $132,392 | +2.2% | $119,580 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 342 | $129,600 | +15.3% | $119,787 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 638 | $112,424 | n/a | $111,592 | at the minimum |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 120. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Associate Director jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 65 | $179,088 | +14.0% | |
| Chicago, IL | 16 | $151,784 | +15.3% | |
| Plano, TX | 16 | $144,310 | at the minimum | |
| Denver, CO | 13 | $173,680 | +27.5% | |
| Houston, TX | 12 | $183,750 | +28.4% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 10 | $172,500 | +16.9% | |
| Bridgewater, NJ | 9 | $158,974 | at the minimum | |
| Mclean, VA | 9 | $150,000 | +14.7% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 9 | $178,512 | +14.7% | |
| Dallas, TX | 8 | $184,500 | +8.7% | |
| Austin, TX | 7 | $149,240 | at the minimum | |
| South Windsor, CT | 7 | $126,339 | at the minimum | |
| Mckinney, TX | 6 | $144,310 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 5 | $160,000 | +21.7% | |
| Hartford, CT | 5 | $126,339 | at the minimum | |
| Mesa, AZ | 5 | $144,144 | at the minimum | |
| Montvale, NJ | 5 | $191,300 | +4.1% | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 5 | $144,144 | at the minimum | |
| Teaneck, NJ | 5 | $158,974 | at the minimum | |
| Cambridge, MA | 4 | $149,325 | +22.5% | |
| Charlotte, NC | 4 | $140,795 | at the minimum | |
| Orlando, FL | 4 | $142,993 | +2.8% | |
| Raleigh, NC | 4 | $157,560 | at the minimum | |
| Baltimore, MD | 3 | $152,194 | at the minimum | |
| Boston, MA | 3 | $192,460 | +16.4% | |
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 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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