Worksite city · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV wage area

H-1B salaries in Bethesda, MD

11% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 43% get a single lottery entry.

604certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$120,715median offer

11%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

105new-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 offer

Software Developers

IV $178k

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

IV $145k

Biological Scientists, All Other

IV $147k

Computer Occupations, All Other

IV $174k

Data Scientists

IV $168k

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

IV $146k

Biochemists and Biophysicists

IV $130k

Computer and Information Systems Managers

IV $236k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $59k to $248k

Lottery entries

105 new-employment LCAs

Bethesda, MD 16%27%29%17%11% 105

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 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 2026

Top jobs

#	Job	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Software Developers	127	$139,291
2	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	91	$108,992
3	Biological Scientists, All Other	86	$104,131
4	Computer Occupations, All Other	39	$145,425
5	Data Scientists	33	$138,838
6	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	27	$107,000
7	Biochemists and Biophysicists	26	$107,136
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	18	$194,660
9	Computer Programmers	18	$96,470
10	Computer Systems Analysts	14	$125,622
11	Accountants and Auditors	10	$84,161
12	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	10	$137,065
13	Financial and Investment Analysts	7	$123,578
14	Operations Research Analysts	7	$151,070
15	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	6	$96,755

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	National Institutes of Health, HHS	161	$110,398
2	Marriott International, Inc.	41	$164,769
3	HiLabs, Inc	29	$145,000
4	Accenture LLP	23	$150,758
5	The Henry M. Jackson Foundation	18	$74,000
6	Axle Informatics	14	$107,578
7	Kelly Services, Inc.	14	$89,544
8	LTIMindtree Limited	13	$118,311
9	IBM Corporation	12	$150,468
10	Retail Services and Systems, Inc. (dba Total Wine & More)	12	$128,606
11	Rochambeau, The French International School of Washington, DC	11	$79,785
12	Guidehouse Digital LLC	9	$106,080
13	Tata Consultancy Services Limited	8	$91,582
14	Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.	7	$200,857
15	T-Mobile USA, Inc.	7	$175,427
16	Astrix Technology, LLC	6	$94,700
17	Deloitte Consulting LLP	6	$174,595
18	Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	6	$177,085
19	Tredence Inc.	6	$168,198
20	Common Securitization Solutions, LLC	5	$179,526
	All other employers	196	–