Houston- Galveston Area Council — 20 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 6
- Filings · FY2025
- $65k
- Median base · FY2025
- Data Analyst
- Top role · 5 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 20 all-time
Houston- Galveston Area Council filed 6 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 200% from the year before), with a median base salary of $65k and the middle 50% of offers between $60k and $70k. That is 21% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 20 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Data Analyst in Texas.
How much does Houston- Galveston Area Council 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. $65k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Houston- Galveston Area Council's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2017 → 2 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | −67% | $68k |
| FY2025 | 6 | +200% | $65k |
| FY2024 | 2 | +100% | $57k |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0% | $93k |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0% | $46k |
| FY2021 | 1 | −50% | $62k |
| FY2020 | 2 | +100% | $74k |
| FY2019 | 1 | −50% | $64k |
| FY2018 | 2 | 0% | $57k |
| FY2017 | 2 | — | $78k |
Which wage levels does Houston- Galveston Area Council file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 11% of Houston- Galveston Area Council'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 19 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I42.1%8
- Level II47.4%9
- Level III5.3%1
- Level IV5.3%1
What jobs does Houston- Galveston Area Council 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Data Analyst | 5 | $64k |
| Principal Planner | 3 | $78k |
| Systems Operations Administrator | 2 | $80k |
| Data Specialist | 2 | $46k |
| Planner | 2 | $65k |
| Senior GIS Analyst | 2 | $57k |
| Data Analyst “ Travel Demand Modeler | 1 | $60k |
| Data Analyst – Urban and Regional Planner | 1 | $65k |
| Principal Data Analyst (Economist) | 1 | $110k |
| Senior Data Analyst | 1 | $95k |
Where does Houston- Galveston Area Council 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 20 | $65k |
What has Houston- Galveston Area Council filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Houston- Galveston Area Council: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Senior Data Analyst | $95,451 |
| 2026 | Planner | $67,500 |
| 2025 | Data Analyst | $70,000 |
| 2025 | Data Analyst “ Travel Demand Modeler | $60,000 |
| 2025 | Data Analyst | $60,000 |
| 2025 | Planner | $65,000 |
| 2025 | Data Analyst | $66,000 |
| 2025 | Principal Data Analyst (Economist) | $109,678 |
| 2024 | Data Specialist | $56,722 |
| 2024 | Data Analyst – Urban and Regional Planner | $65,312 |
| 2023 | Principal Planner | $93,059 |
| 2022 | Data Specialist | $45,594 |
| 2021 | Senior GIS Analyst | $61,500 |
| 2020 | Systems Operations Administrator | $87,838 |
| 2020 | Principal Planner | $74,000 |
| 2019 | Data Analyst | $63,565 |
| 2018 | Senior GIS Analyst | $57,000 |
| 2018 | Data Analyst | $61,065 |
| 2017 | Principal Planner | $78,000 |
| 2017 | Systems Operations Administrator | $80,156 |
Common questions about Houston- Galveston Area Council's H-1B filings
- How much does Houston- Galveston Area Council pay H-1B workers?
- Houston- Galveston Area Council's median certified H-1B base salary is $65k (FY2025), from 6 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Houston- Galveston Area Council sponsor?
- Houston- Galveston Area Council has 20 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Houston- Galveston Area Council sponsor for H-1B?
- Houston- Galveston Area Council's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Data Analyst, Principal Planner, Systems Operations Administrator, Data Specialist.
- Where does Houston- Galveston Area Council hire H-1B workers?
- Houston- Galveston Area Council's top H-1B worksite states are TX.
- 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 →