Educational Testing Service — 692 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 85
- Filings · FY2025
- $136k
- Median base · FY2025
- Reader
- Top role · 130 all-time
- NJ
- Top state · 409 all-time
Educational Testing Service filed 85 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 118% from the year before), with a median base salary of $136k and the middle 50% of offers between $128k and $152k. That is 3% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 692 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Reader in New Jersey.
How much does Educational Testing Service 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. $136k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Educational Testing Service's H-1B hiring changed by year?
68 certified filings in FY2016 → 24 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 24 | −72% | $153k |
| FY2025 | 85 | +118% | $136k |
| FY2024 | 39 | −69% | $129k |
| FY2023 | 125 | +112% | $116k |
| FY2022 | 59 | +40% | $110k |
| FY2021 | 42 | −19% | $88k |
| FY2020 | 52 | −47% | $81k |
| FY2019 | 98 | +118% | $109k |
| FY2018 | 45 | −18% | $85k |
| FY2017 | 55 | −19% | $90k |
| FY2016 | 68 | — | $85k |
Which wage levels does Educational Testing Service file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 79% of Educational Testing Service'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 604 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I7.3%44
- Level II13.9%84
- Level III20.0%121
- Level IV58.8%355
What jobs does Educational Testing Service sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Educational Testing Service's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Reader | 130 | $85k |
| Software Developer Lead | 75 | $125k |
| Software Developer Senior | 26 | $115k |
| Business Systems Analyst Lead | 23 | $139k |
| Software Developer - Lead | 22 | $130k |
| Systems Engineer Senior | 18 | $121k |
| Associate Psychometrician | 15 | $90k |
| IT Architect | 15 | $140k |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 12 | $100k |
| Systems Engineer - Lead | 12 | $121k |
Where does Educational Testing Service 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NJ | 409 | $121k |
| KS | 49 | $88k |
| OH | 45 | $85k |
| MO | 44 | $85k |
| UT | 42 | $85k |
| TX | 27 | $127k |
| FL | 20 | $85k |
| NC | 14 | $118k |
| CA | 10 | $138k |
| IL | 6 | $61k |
What has Educational Testing Service filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 692 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Educational Testing Service's H-1B filings
- How much does Educational Testing Service pay H-1B workers?
- Educational Testing Service's median certified H-1B base salary is $136k (FY2025), from 85 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Educational Testing Service sponsor?
- Educational Testing Service has 692 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Educational Testing Service sponsor for H-1B?
- Educational Testing Service's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Reader, Software Developer Lead, Software Developer Senior, Business Systems Analyst Lead.
- Where does Educational Testing Service hire H-1B workers?
- Educational Testing Service's top H-1B worksite states are NJ, KS, OH, MO.
- 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 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →