Worksite city · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV wage area
H-1B salaries in Gaithersburg, MD
15% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 45% get a single lottery entry.
317certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$126,090median offer
15%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
96new-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 $187k
Lottery entries
96 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 | 60 | $147,750 |
| Computer Programmers | 21 | $96,500 |
| Data Scientists | 21 | $143,395 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 19 | $108,000 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 18 | $103,259 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 15 | $140,400 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 12 | $141,000 |
| Statisticians | 12 | $155,000 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 9 | $130,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 8 | $107,640 |
| Electrical Engineers | 8 | $120,200 |
| Physicists | 7 | $79,378 |
| Civil Engineers | 6 | $81,775 |
| Industrial Engineers | 6 | $82,451 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 5 | $125,000 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | 69 | $155,085 |
| Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO) | 14 | $171,750 |
| Hughes Network Systems LLC | 10 | $129,434 |
| Computer Packages, Inc. | 9 | $96,500 |
| Georgetown University | 9 | $100,000 |
| Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC | 8 | $104,582 |
| Adventist HealthCare, Inc. | 7 | $95,410 |
| IZUM, Inc. | 6 | $104,152 |
| MedImmune LLC | 6 | $138,636 |
| MSR Technology Group LLC | 6 | $129,750 |
| Axle Informatics | 5 | $100,000 |
| The George Washington University | 5 | $104,998 |
| Theiss Research | 5 | $101,192 |
| University of Maryland College Park | 5 | $75,750 |
| Ark Infotech LLC | 4 | $130,000 |
| CV, Inc | 4 | $85,447 |
| Elixir Lab USA Inc. | 4 | $131,698 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 4 | $96,505 |
| Novavax, Inc. | 4 | $155,158 |
| Accenture LLP | 3 | $158,667 |
| All other employers | 130 | – |