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H1B DataPoint makes public H-1B salary filings easier to explore. Every record comes from an official disclosure file.
Our source
We use the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data. These are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) submitted by employers. We include H-1B records and exclude H-1B1 and E-3 visa classes.
Current database coverage
Fiscal years run October 1 through September 30. Only the years listed here are loaded. Historical years combine the available quarterly source files. FY2026 uses the latest Q3 release through June. Records are deduplicated by case number; newer determinations take priority.
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- FY 2026 · Q3 disclosure file · 426,952 H-1B rows
- FY 2025 · Q1 disclosure file · 104,046 H-1B rows
- FY 2025 · Q2 disclosure file · 128,673 H-1B rows
- FY 2025 · Q3 disclosure file · 234,726 H-1B rows
- FY 2025 · Q4 disclosure file · 114,826 H-1B rows
- FY 2024 · Q1 disclosure file · 96,294 H-1B rows
- FY 2024 · Q2 disclosure file · 120,408 H-1B rows
- FY 2024 · Q3 disclosure file · 212,766 H-1B rows
- FY 2024 · Q4 disclosure file · 117,339 H-1B rows
- FY 2023 · Q1 disclosure file · 95,232 H-1B rows
- FY 2023 · Q2 disclosure file · 224,671 H-1B rows
- FY 2023 · Q3 disclosure file · 182,608 H-1B rows
- FY 2023 · Q4 disclosure file · 124,376 H-1B rows
- FY 2022 · Q1 disclosure file · 116,254 H-1B rows
- FY 2022 · Q2 disclosure file · 147,999 H-1B rows
- FY 2022 · Q3 disclosure file · 231,622 H-1B rows
- FY 2022 · Q4 disclosure file · 115,008 H-1B rows
- FY 2021 · Q1 disclosure file · 77,933 H-1B rows
- FY 2021 · Q2 disclosure file · 207,330 H-1B rows
- FY 2021 · Q3 disclosure file · 395,626 H-1B rows
- FY 2021 · Q4 disclosure file · 122,844 H-1B rows
- FY 2020 · Q1 disclosure file · 108,338 H-1B rows
- FY 2020 · Q2 disclosure file · 153,744 H-1B rows
- FY 2020 · Q3 disclosure file · 187,798 H-1B rows
- FY 2020 · Q4 disclosure file · 114,371 H-1B rows
- FY 2019 · Annual disclosure file · 649,083 H-1B rows
- FY 2018 · Annual disclosure file · 639,519 H-1B rows
- FY 2017 · Annual disclosure file · 610,304 H-1B rows
- FY 2016 · Annual disclosure file · 633,943 H-1B rows
Reported wage and annualized wage
The reported wage is the lower wage in the filing, in the employer’s stated pay unit. Annualized wages use these fixed conversions: hourly × 2,080, weekly × 52, biweekly × 26, monthly × 12, and yearly × 1. Annualization assumes full-year work and does not account for overtime or individual schedules. Missing or unknown units are excluded from annualized comparisons.
Median salary statistics
Medians use the lower reported wage from Certified cases with Year as the pay unit and a positive wage. Each filing has equal weight, regardless of the number of worker positions. We do not combine hourly estimates with yearly wages in median statistics. Wage ranges, equity, bonuses, benefits, and other compensation are not included. Wages are not adjusted for inflation. Salary breakdowns use the same certified yearly-pay population, with cutoffs at $100,000, $150,000, and $200,000; each interval excludes its upper cutoff. Employer, city, and job pages group names after normalizing capitalization and punctuation; their searchable tables may include partial-name matches, which are labeled separately.
What a case status tells you
Certified means the LCA received certification from DOL. Denied, Withdrawn, and Certified - Withdrawn retain the meanings provided in the source. An LCA certification is not a USCIS H-1B petition approval, visa issuance, hiring guarantee, or active job advertisement.
Data quality and updates
Records retain their case numbers and source fields. Employer spelling variants can appear as separate employers. The primary listed worksite is shown; additional worksites are not separately expanded. Source files can contain errors, incomplete fields, and later corrections. Imports are keyed by case number, and each release records its coverage date and record count. Updates are imported from official releases after validation; the site does not promise real-time government data.
Independent research resource
H1B DataPoint is independent and is not affiliated with DOL, USCIS, or any employer. Use the records as one input to research, alongside employer information and the original source documents.