Worksite city · Columbia, SC wage area
H-1B salaries in Columbia, SC
8% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 59% get a single lottery entry.
401certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$91,076median offer
8%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
106new-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 $42k to $352k
Lottery entries
106 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 | 124 | $109,866 |
| Data Scientists | 26 | $87,581 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 19 | $86,778 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 19 | $70,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 16 | $100,154 |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 15 | $64,122 |
| Physicians, All Other | 13 | $335,000 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 12 | $65,554 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 10 | $62,787 |
| Computer Programmers | 8 | $93,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 8 | $120,000 |
| Civil Engineers | 7 | $85,030 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 7 | $88,000 |
| Database Administrators | 6 | $113,360 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | 5 | $170,000 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| University of South Carolina | 52 | $87,500 |
| Richland County School District One | 35 | $63,744 |
| Capgemini America Inc | 21 | $118,000 |
| Sanctityinternational LLC | 17 | $88,941 |
| AgFirst Farm Credit Bank | 14 | $112,750 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina | 11 | $93,538 |
| CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. | 9 | $70,096 |
| Prisma Health Medical Group - Midlands | 9 | $275,000 |
| Scout Motors Inc. | 9 | $120,000 |
| Duck Creek Technologies LLC | 7 | $137,010 |
| Richland County School District Two | 7 | $65,078 |
| Apogee Medical Group, South Carolina, PC | 6 | $335,000 |
| Palmetto GBA, LLC | 6 | $119,236 |
| IBM Corporation | 5 | $86,778 |
| Programsoft LLC | 5 | $88,941 |
| RICEFW Technologies Inc | 5 | $135,200 |
| Benedict College | 4 | $71,000 |
| Decision Six Inc | 4 | $64,168 |
| ExlService.com, LLC | 4 | $88,548 |
| Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates | 4 | $547,800 |
| All other employers | 167 | – |