H-1B prevailing wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

What are the H-1B prevailing wages in Philadelphia, PA?

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is DOL wage area 37980, covering 11 counties (New Castle County, DE; Cecil County, MD; Burlington County, NJ and others). For the 2026–27 wage year, Software Developers need $157,810 for Level IV and $91,874 for Level I; Computer Systems Analysts need $127,525 for Level IV and $76,191 for Level I; Data Scientists need $144,685 for Level IV and $74,860 for Level I. Under the weighted H-1B lottery, each wage level adds one entry, from one at Level I to four at Level IV, and DHS projects selection odds of about 15%, 31%, 46% and 61%. Some of these wages are borrowed from a wider geography because local survey data was thin, but they are still the official figures for this area. The table below covers the 50 occupations most filed for H-1B; any other job can be checked with the calculator.