Director H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 799 wage applications for Director jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 165 employers. The median offered wage was $179,088, 24.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. filed the most (274, median $156,500).

Filings: 799
Positions covered: 843
Employers: 165
Median offered: $179,088
Median prevailing wage: $144,310
Filings since FY2020: 3,728
Median offer change since FY2020: +27%

Director, all employers799 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$179,088Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$154,530 to $231,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$144,310Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Director jobs rose 27%, from $140,650 in fiscal 2020 to $179,088 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 24.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 774 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.

Director by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	598	$179,088	+2.3%	$146,058	+24.2%
2025	774	$175,000	−10.3%	$137,758	+26.1%
2024	495	$195,000	+2.6%	$145,954	+21.9%
2023	485	$190,000	+5.6%	$145,392	+20.5%
2022	476	$180,000	+15.6%	$139,797	+19.2%
2021	417	$155,775	+10.8%	$142,730	+6.2%
2020	483	$140,650	n/a	$129,407	+1.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.	274	$156,500	+25.9%
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC	83	$260,000	+28.2%
KPMG LLP	44	$222,321	+25.1%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	34	$235,000	+31.9%
Visa U.S.A. Inc.	31	$182,978	+11.5%
Visa Technology & Operations LLC	21	$186,800	+4.1%
Morgan Stanley Fund Services Inc.	13	$139,000	+6.3%
Fti LLC	12	$181,500	+31.6%
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.	11	$235,000	+47.2%
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp	10	$167,155	+19.8%
Mizuho Americas Services LLC	8	$207,500	+19.4%
BNP Paribas	7	$255,000	+37.1%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	7	$297,500	+39.2%
Willis Towers Watson US LLC	7	$146,998	+21.8%
PwC US Tax LLP	7	$268,000	+84.9%
PwC US Consulting LLP	6	$264,500	+51.4%
TransUnion LLC	6	$169,037	at the minimum
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	5	$300,000	+67.3%
DB USA Core Corporation	5	$230,000	+21.8%
Relevantz Technology Services, Inc.	5	$165,000	+2.2%
Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, LLC	4	$195,000	+35.7%
Tredence Inc.	4	$210,374	+33.0%
BlackRock Institutional Services, Inc.	4	$244,500	+31.3%
Infogain Corporation	4	$222,500	+48.1%
Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.	4	$239,550	+33.8%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 165. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Director jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	293	$180,000	+25.6%
Alpharetta, GA	119	$155,000	+32.4%
Chicago, IL	32	$219,000	+38.6%
San Francisco, CA	29	$236,000	+19.7%
Austin, TX	24	$186,800	+19.0%
Boston, MA	19	$174,625	+22.1%
Atlanta, GA	18	$239,000	+27.4%
Foster City, CA	17	$206,064	at the minimum
Dallas, TX	13	$238,000	+37.5%
Baltimore, MD	12	$110,500	+15.2%
Menlo Park, CA	12	$169,000	+17.5%
Houston, TX	11	$238,000	+59.2%
Florham Park, NJ	9	$261,000	+25.5%
Washington, DC	9	$190,320	+12.9%
San Jose, CA	7	$268,000	+40.6%
Jersey City, NJ	6	$160,500	+18.4%
Los Angeles, CA	6	$246,375	+53.5%
Short Hills, NJ	6	$228,971	+19.3%
Mclean, VA	5	$160,762	+13.8%
San Diego, CA	5	$184,974	+9.2%
Denver, CO	4	$214,300	+36.6%
Highlands Ranch, CO	4	$176,400	+20.8%
Land O Lakes, FL	4	$162,000	+58.5%
Miami, FL	4	$171,250	+49.5%
Seattle, WA	4	$178,512	+16.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry3%

Level II, qualified31%

Level III, experienced18%

Level IV, fully competent48%

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.
5 filings are 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.