H-1B wage levels · OFLC 2026-27
How many lottery entries does an H-1B salary get?
Type a job title as it appears on an offer, a city or ZIP, and the salary: you get the wage level, the lottery entries it is worth and how far the next level is.
Example · software developers in SeattleLevel IV starts at $206,086. The median offer, $169,000, is Level II.
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median $169k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 100 LCAs
7,869 certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 · OFLC wage year 2026-27 · All Seattle filings
7%certified H-1B LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
16%of new-employment salaries reach Level IV, worth four entries
March 2027next H-1B cap registration, on the 2026-27 wage table
FY2026 Q3DOL disclosure data, published Aug 7, 2026
Of every 100 new-employment H-1B filings
149,984 LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 202640 get one entry, incl. 12 under Level I
25 get two entries
19 get three entries
16 get four entries
Which employers' offers get the most entries
average entries per new-employment filing · 25 largest filers1Level I2Level II3Level III4Level IV
All employers
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One dot per employer: the average number of lottery entries its new-employment H-1B salaries would get on the OFLC 2026-27 table (1 at Level I, 4 at Level IV). Second number: filings counted.
Where the filings are
certified H-1B LCAs by worksite state, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Browse the filings
certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Employers · LCAs
- Amazon.com Services16,472
- Cognizant Technology Solutions US8,257
- Google8,234
- Apple7,058
- Microsoft6,960
- Ernst & Young U.S.6,754
- Infosys6,432
- Meta Platforms6,006
- Tata Consultancy Services4,203
- Deloitte Consulting3,652
- JPMorgan Chase3,357
- Tesla3,144
Jobs · median offer
- Software Developers$142k
- Computer Occupations, All Other$118k
- Data Scientists$126k
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$108k
- Computer Programmers$95k
- Computer and Information Systems Managers$205k
- Computer Systems Analysts$109k
- Industrial Engineers$112k
- Mechanical Engineers$110k
- Financial and Investment Analysts$143k
- Accountants and Auditors$98k
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$157k
Cities · LCAs
- New York, NY31,428
- Seattle, WA15,192
- Austin, TX13,347
- San Francisco, CA11,750
- San Jose, CA11,060
- Sunnyvale, CA10,089
- Chicago, IL8,905
- Plano, TX8,195
- Bellevue, WA8,095
- Atlanta, GA7,920
- Dallas, TX7,790
- Santa Clara, CA7,778