Worksite city · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX wage area

H-1B salaries in Houston, TX

16% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 44% get a single lottery entry.

7,692certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$105,980median offer

16%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

2,226new-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 $155k

Computer Occupations, All Other

IV $139k

Data Scientists

IV $138k

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

IV $107k

Civil Engineers

IV $131k

Accountants and Auditors

IV $112k

Computer Systems Analysts

IV $140k

Computer Programmers

IV $117k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $52k to $163k

Lottery entries

2,226 new-employment LCAs

Houston, TX 14%30%23%17%16% 2,226

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	1,687	$110,000
2	Computer Occupations, All Other	597	$103,968
3	Data Scientists	408	$103,295
4	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	313	$71,508
5	Civil Engineers	252	$100,500
6	Accountants and Auditors	235	$93,000
7	Computer Systems Analysts	229	$117,208
8	Computer Programmers	219	$85,000
9	Management Analysts	175	$128,000
10	Mechanical Engineers	172	$115,180
11	Electrical Engineers	164	$119,600
12	Financial and Investment Analysts	159	$125,280
13	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	157	$91,811
14	Industrial Engineers	150	$98,410
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers	146	$200,000

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	262	$77,234
2	Infosys Limited	237	$82,306
3	Baylor College of Medicine	193	$70,000
4	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	187	$153,282
5	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	112	$80,690
6	LTIMindtree Limited	102	$96,200
7	Mphasis Corporation	96	$116,850
8	University of Houston	94	$87,304
9	W.M. Rice University	81	$74,000
10	The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	80	$69,705
11	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	74	$155,000
12	Deloitte Consulting LLP	71	$147,101
13	Accenture LLP	68	$148,601
14	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	63	$135,000
15	Houston Independent School District	53	$70,000
16	Corporate Solutions General INC	50	$90,522
17	Capgemini America Inc	48	$143,744
18	PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC	44	$181,000
19	CGG Services (U.S.) Inc.	39	$106,740
20	Compunnel Software Group, INC	38	$108,500
	All other employers	5,700	–