Wage level checker · OFLC 2026-27
Which wage level a salary reaches, and how many entries
Since the weighted selection rule (final rule of December 29, 2025), each person registered for the cap is entered once for Level I, twice for Level II, three times for Level III and four times for Level IV: the highest level the offered salary meets for the job's occupation in the worksite area.
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Level II · 2 entries
$150,000 for Software Developers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA wage area.
IIIIIIIV $112k$143k$175k$206k
You · $150,000
$24,595 more reaches Level III (3 entries).
How this is calculated
rules as checked on 2026-10-19- Wages are the OFLC prevailing wage levels for wage year 2026-27 (July 2026 to June 2027). Hourly wages are converted at 2,080 hours a year; teachers, professors and a few other occupations are published as annual wages.
- Job titles map to occupations (SOC codes) by what employers actually filed. When a title is filed under several occupations, the list shows the split so you can pick.
- A city, county or ZIP maps to the OFLC wage area that contains it. ZIPs are placed by the county most filings from them used.
- A salary under Level I (possible when the employer used another legitimate wage source) is registered as Level I and gets one entry, per 8 CFR 214.2(h)(8)(iii)(A)(4).
- If the job has several worksites, the rule takes the lowest level among them: check each area and use the lowest.
- A person registered by more than one employer is entered at the lowest level among those registrations.
- For a few jobs and areas OFLC publishes one wage, $239,200, instead of four levels. At or above it is Level IV; below it, the level follows the job's requirements under DOL guidance.
- Only new cap-subject registrations go through the lottery. Extensions, transfers and cap-exempt employers (universities, affiliated nonprofits, research organizations) do not.
- The Department of Labor proposed on March 27, 2026 to raise the levels to the 34th, 52nd, 70th and 88th percentiles. That proposal is not final and is not applied here.
A statistical lookup, not legal advice. The level that counts is the one in the employer's registration, under the rules in force at that time. Ask an immigration attorney about a specific case.