Virginia Department of Transportation — 130 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 10
- Filings · FY2025
- $126k
- Median base · FY2025
- Architect Engineer I
- Top role · 14 all-time
- VA
- Top state · 130 all-time
Virginia Department of Transportation filed 10 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 37% from the year before), with a median base salary of $126k and the middle 50% of offers between $105k and $134k. That is 18% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 130 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Architect Engineer I in Virginia.
How much does Virginia Department of Transportation 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. $126k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Virginia Department of Transportation's H-1B hiring changed by year?
6 certified filings in FY2016 → 5 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5 | −50% | $130k |
| FY2025 | 10 | −37% | $126k |
| FY2024 | 16 | +60% | $102k |
| FY2023 | 10 | −50% | $94k |
| FY2022 | 20 | +150% | $92k |
| FY2021 | 8 | −47% | $74k |
| FY2020 | 15 | −12% | $90k |
| FY2019 | 17 | +42% | $74k |
| FY2018 | 12 | +9% | $72k |
| FY2017 | 11 | +83% | $76k |
| FY2016 | 6 | — | $61k |
Which wage levels does Virginia Department of Transportation file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 50% of Virginia Department of Transportation'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 122 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I18.9%23
- Level II31.1%38
- Level III36.9%45
- Level IV13.1%16
What jobs does Virginia Department of Transportation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Architect Engineer I | 14 | $71k |
| Information Technology Specialist III | 7 | $111k |
| Data Scientist | 5 | $102k |
| Research Scientist | 5 | $74k |
| Business Data Analyst | 5 | $77k |
| Business Data Analyst/Decision Scientist | 4 | $104k |
| Senior Planning and Data Specialist | 3 | $125k |
| Program Admin Specialist III | 3 | $90k |
| Architect Engineer | 3 | $82k |
| Planning Engineer | 3 | $54k |
Where does Virginia Department of Transportation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VA | 130 | $87k |
What has Virginia Department of Transportation filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 130 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Virginia Department of Transportation's H-1B filings
- How much does Virginia Department of Transportation pay H-1B workers?
- Virginia Department of Transportation's median certified H-1B base salary is $126k (FY2025), from 10 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Virginia Department of Transportation sponsor?
- Virginia Department of Transportation has 130 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Virginia Department of Transportation sponsor for H-1B?
- Virginia Department of Transportation's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Architect Engineer I, Information Technology Specialist III, Data Scientist, Research Scientist.
- Where does Virginia Department of Transportation hire H-1B workers?
- Virginia Department of Transportation's top H-1B worksite states are VA.
- 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 →