City of Philadelphia — 115 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 29
- Filings · FY2025
- $79k
- Median base · FY2025
- Graduate Civil Engineer
- Top role · 10 all-time
- PA
- Top state · 114 all-time
City of Philadelphia filed 29 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 142% from the year before), with a median base salary of $79k and the middle 50% of offers between $73k and $93k. Across all years it has 115 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Graduate Civil Engineer in Pennsylvania.
How much does City of Philadelphia pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $79k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has City of Philadelphia's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2017 → 23 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 23 | −21% | $70k |
| FY2025 | 29 | +142% | $79k |
| FY2024 | 12 | +140% | $82k |
| FY2023 | 5 | −58% | $78k |
| FY2022 | 12 | +20% | $70k |
| FY2021 | 10 | +25% | $110k |
| FY2020 | 8 | −11% | $60k |
| FY2019 | 9 | +50% | $65k |
| FY2018 | 6 | +500% | $60k |
| FY2017 | 1 | — | $110k |
Which wage levels does City of Philadelphia file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 14% of City of Philadelphia's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 84 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I47.6%40
- Level II38.1%32
- Level III11.9%10
- Level IV2.4%2
What jobs does City of Philadelphia sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Civil Engineer | 10 | $68k |
| Engineering Specialist | 7 | $88k |
| Oracle Obia Specialist | 3 | $125k |
| Senior Data Analyst | 3 | $79k |
| Civil Engineer I | 3 | $74k |
| Civil Engineer 1 | 3 | $72k |
| Environmental Engineer II | 3 | $69k |
| Business Analyst | 2 | $75k |
| Oracle Datawarehouse Analyst | 2 | $110k |
| Mass Appraisal Modeler 1 | 2 | $65k |
Where does City of Philadelphia hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 114 | $75k |
| NJ | 1 | $120k |
What has City of Philadelphia filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 115 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about City of Philadelphia's H-1B filings
- How much does City of Philadelphia pay H-1B workers?
- City of Philadelphia's median certified H-1B base salary is $79k (FY2025), from 29 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does City of Philadelphia sponsor?
- City of Philadelphia has 115 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does City of Philadelphia sponsor for H-1B?
- City of Philadelphia's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Graduate Civil Engineer, Engineering Specialist, Oracle Obia Specialist, Senior Data Analyst.
- Where does City of Philadelphia hire H-1B workers?
- City of Philadelphia's top H-1B worksite states are PA, NJ.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →