Worksite city · Trenton-Princeton, NJ wage area

H-1B salaries in Princeton, NJ

14% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 43% get a single lottery entry.

1,388certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$117,791median offer

14%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

303new-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 $154k

Computer Occupations, All Other

IV $149k

Data Scientists

IV $163k

Computer Programmers

IV $126k

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

IV $130k

Operations Research Analysts

IV $133k

Computer Systems Analysts

IV $137k

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

IV $157k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $56k to $176k

Lottery entries

303 new-employment LCAs

Princeton, NJ 10%34%26%17%14% 303

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	297	$131,997
2	Computer Occupations, All Other	190	$123,150
3	Data Scientists	112	$139,506
4	Computer Programmers	68	$94,150
5	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	39	$103,418
6	Operations Research Analysts	38	$167,250
7	Computer Systems Analysts	29	$104,000
8	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	29	$93,995
9	Physicists	26	$88,188
10	Chemists	26	$67,498
11	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25	$100,000
12	Computer and Information Research Scientists	24	$156,336
13	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	23	$109,690
14	Financial Specialists, All Other	23	$110,000
15	Management Analysts	20	$118,248

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	The Trustees of Princeton University	225	$77,398
2	ZS Associates, Inc.	55	$161,109
3	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	48	$157,669
4	Educational Testing Service	36	$152,131
5	Bloomberg L.P.	35	$160,805
6	Compunnel Software Group, INC	27	$104,000
7	State Street Bank and Trust Company	26	$147,430
8	PharmaACE LLC	23	$120,000
9	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	22	$140,300
10	CitiusTech Inc.	22	$122,900
11	Deloitte Consulting LLP	17	$153,005
12	SPi Global US, Inc.	17	$170,000
13	Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp	16	$116,251
14	HCL America, Inc.	16	$119,273
15	Indegene Inc.	15	$126,818
16	S&P Global Inc.	15	$165,000
17	Response Informatics Inc	14	$89,773
18	Wall Street Consulting Services LLC	14	$86,653
19	Ramco Systems Corporation	13	$101,760
20	Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.	12	$182,949
	All other employers	720	–