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

H-1B salaries in College Park, MD

0% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 54% get a single lottery entry.

208certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$85,374median offer

0%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

13new-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

Physicists

IV $197k

Mechanical Engineers

IV $154k

Software Developers

IV $178k

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

IV $136k

Data Scientists

IV $168k

Atmospheric and Space Scientists

IV $149k

Soil and Plant Scientists

IV $125k

Microbiologists

IV $148k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $49k to $207k

Lottery entries

13 new-employment LCAs

College Park, MD 15%39%23%23% 13

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	Physicists	39	$75,750
2	Mechanical Engineers	10	$72,584
3	Software Developers	9	$152,250
4	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	8	$194,859
5	Data Scientists	7	$115,710
6	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	7	$101,816
7	Soil and Plant Scientists	6	$59,638
8	Microbiologists	6	$64,000
9	Chemists	6	$64,525
10	Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	6	$109,000
11	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	5	$62,878
12	Biological Scientists, All Other	5	$70,000
13	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$168,945
14	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$66,403
15	Computer Programmers	4	$102,233

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	University of Maryland College Park	176	$81,061
2	IonQ Quantum, Inc.	4	$143,000
3	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	4	$94,037
	All other employers	24	–