Worksite city · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX wage area
H-1B salaries in Austin, TX
22% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 29% get a single lottery entry.
13,347certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$132,267median offer
22%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
3,932new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $59k to $235k
Lottery entries
3,932 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 4,639 | $139,160 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 1,160 | $119,933 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 1,100 | $149,667 |
| Data Scientists | 836 | $126,400 |
| Industrial Engineers | 484 | $125,449 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 448 | $110,700 |
| Computer Programmers | 429 | $85,800 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 366 | $196,220 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 255 | $105,000 |
| Electrical Engineers | 252 | $140,920 |
| Civil Engineers | 191 | $105,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 178 | $127,494 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | 167 | $164,528 |
| Database Administrators | 156 | $110,882 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 146 | $110,801 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 1,274 | $152,100 |
| Apple Inc. | 874 | $154,600 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 566 | $137,153 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 322 | $135,907 |
| Infosys Limited | 312 | $90,605 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 266 | $87,437 |
| Wipro Limited | 234 | $98,996 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 230 | $148,741 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 222 | $152,800 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC. | 200 | $115,000 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 177 | $167,000 |
| Arm, Inc. | 176 | $161,179 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 174 | $168,000 |
| Google LLC | 169 | $156,000 |
| Intel Corporation | 164 | $135,907 |
| Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. | 155 | $157,223 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 152 | $91,042 |
| eBay Inc. | 148 | $163,275 |
| PayPal, Inc. | 134 | $151,460 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 123 | $119,933 |
| All other employers | 7,275 | – |