H-1B Salaries 2026 — Prevailing Wages by Job

Department of Labor prevailing wages for 25+ common H-1B jobs in 2026, plus the top sponsoring employers for each role.

JobLevel 1MedianLevel 4Top sponsor
Physician$180,000$245,000$320,000HCA Healthcare
Machine Learning Engineer$110,000$175,000$220,000Google
Architectural / Engineering Manager$110,000$168,000$215,000AECOM
Product Manager$110,000$165,000$215,000Google
Data Scientist$96,000$152,000$200,000Meta
Attorney / Lawyer$95,000$150,000$200,000Latham & Watkins
Software Engineer$92,000$145,000$188,000Google
Research Scientist$95,000$145,000$190,000Google
DevOps / SRE Engineer$95,000$142,000$185,000Amazon
Data Engineer$88,000$138,000$178,000Amazon
Pharmacist$95,000$130,000$162,000CVS Health
UX / Product Designer$88,000$128,000$170,000Google
Cybersecurity Analyst$82,000$122,000$160,000Amazon
Marketing Manager$78,000$118,000$158,000Amazon
Biostatistician$78,000$115,000$152,000Pfizer
Actuary$78,000$115,000$152,000MetLife
Electrical Engineer$75,000$110,000$146,000Intel
University Professor$70,000$110,000$160,000Stanford
Financial Analyst$70,000$102,000$138,000Goldman Sachs
Business / Systems Analyst$70,000$102,000$138,000Cognizant
Mechanical Engineer$70,000$100,000$134,000Tesla
Civil Engineer$68,000$98,000$132,000AECOM
Architect$65,000$95,000$125,000Gensler
Accountant / Auditor$60,000$86,000$115,000Deloitte
Registered Nurse$60,000$82,000$110,000HCA Healthcare