Specialist Master H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 361 wage applications for Specialist Master jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 3 employers. The median offered wage was $173,609, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Deloitte Consulting LLP filed the most (343, median $173,809).

Filings: 361
Positions covered: 737
Employers: 3
Median offered: $173,609
Median prevailing wage: $153,317
Filings since FY2020: 2,033
Median offer change since FY2020: +14%

Specialist Master, all employers361 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$173,609Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$152,568 to $194,475Where the middle half of the filings fall

$153,317Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Specialist Master jobs rose 14%, from $151,200 in fiscal 2020 to $172,350 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 476 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.

Specialist Master by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	238	$172,350	−6.1%	$153,358	at the minimum
2025	321	$183,600	+3.8%	$148,845	+16.4%
2024	234	$176,900	+2.8%	$136,208	+22.8%
2023	223	$172,154	+1.3%	$133,661	+12.2%
2022	334	$170,000	+8.0%	$138,174	+10.9%
2021	207	$157,339	+4.1%	$125,996	+12.5%
2020	476	$151,200	n/a	$119,891	+19.4%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Deloitte Consulting LLP	343	$173,809	at the minimum
Deloitte & Touche LLP	16	$167,296	+0.7%
Objects On Net, Inc.	2	$130,000	+19.8%

Where Specialist Master jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Dallas, TX	32	$156,998	at the minimum
Houston, TX	16	$149,718	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	14	$152,131	at the minimum
Austin, TX	12	$163,550	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	11	$153,317	at the minimum
Philadelphia, PA	11	$153,358	at the minimum
Tampa, FL	11	$145,642	at the minimum
Seattle, WA	9	$184,037	at the minimum
Sacramento, CA	8	$150,503	at the minimum
Sanford, FL	7	$193,800	+35.5%
Indianapolis, IN	6	$131,581	at the minimum
Tempe, AZ	6	$157,934	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	5	$154,669	at the minimum
Cumming, GA	5	$195,300	+40.5%
Frisco, TX	5	$198,900	+26.7%
Katy, TX	5	$212,900	+42.2%
Leander, TX	5	$185,100	+17.9%
Los Angeles, CA	5	$184,558	at the minimum
Plano, TX	5	$201,400	+30.2%
Round Rock, TX	5	$163,550	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	5	$183,062	at the minimum
Irving, TX	4	$195,800	+25.5%
Mckinney, TX	4	$197,950	+27.1%
Albuquerque, NM	3	$168,600	+17.1%
Alpharetta, GA	3	$195,000	+21.6%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry1%

Level II, qualified1%

Level III, experienced6%

Level IV, fully competent92%

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.