H-1B Offer Check · public DOL & USCIS data

Know your H-1B wage level before you sign.

See an instant public-data estimate of your wage level, weighted-lottery entries, and the salary gap to the next level. Then request a manually reviewed employer and prevailing-wage check. If you prefer self-serve, the optional negotiation kit turns the result into a clear written ask.

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About 60 seconds. No account and no offer-letter upload.

1 Estimate wage level and lottery entries

What the email adds

A checked brief, not another opaque salary score.

The instant result is an orientation estimate. We aim to email the manually reviewed brief within one business day, after checking your exact SOC and worksite against the public wage library and adding the employer-side view from FY2026 Q2 (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026 decisions).

  • Exact occupation and county-level prevailing-wage sanity check.
  • Salary gap to the next estimated lottery weight, when applicable.
  • Employer LCA record: filing activity, median wage, and level mix.
  • Clear caveats and one concrete negotiation question to raise.
Short sample · illustrative

Software Engineer · New York, NY

$145,000 base offer

Estimated wage level
Level II
2026 lottery weight
×2 entries · ~30.6% projected
Negotiation angle
$22,400 to the estimated Level III threshold ($167,400)
Reviewed additions
Exact FLAG check + employer filing record
Example structure only. Official levels depend on the exact SOC and county; projected selection rates are not guarantees.

The 2026 weighted lottery in one table

OFLC wage levelLottery entriesProjected selection rate
Level I×1~15.3%
Level II×2~30.6%
Level III×3~45.9%
Level IV×4~61.2%

Read the full breakdown in our explainer of the weighted lottery or check how to look up your official prevailing wage.

What employers actually filed, FY2026 so far

199,471certified H-1B LCA filings (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026)
$130,000median offered base wage across those filings
15.9%filed at wage Level I — one lottery entry under the 2026 rule
20.4%filed at wage Level IV — four entries

Wage and wage-level figures come from the DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, FY2026 Q2 (H-1B only) public release (FY2026 Q2 (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026 decisions)). LCA filings are wage attestations filed with the Department of Labor — they are not petitions, lottery selections, or hires, and one filing can cover multiple positions. Projected lottery selection rates come from the DHS weighted-selection final rule analysis and are illustrative, not a guarantee.

Common questions

Why does the wage level of my offer matter in 2026?

Since the March 2026 registration, USCIS selects H-1B registrations with a weighted lottery: an offer at OFLC wage Level IV gets four entries, Level I gets one. The projected selection rates in the rule's analysis range from roughly 15% at Level I to roughly 61% at Level IV, so the same job at a slightly higher wage level can carry materially better odds.

What is a prevailing wage, and what if my offer is below it?

The prevailing wage is the minimum the Department of Labor requires for your occupation and worksite county. An employer cannot lawfully pay an H-1B worker less than the higher of the prevailing wage or its own actual wage for the role. If an offer sits below the prevailing wage for its stated level, that is a structural red flag worth raising before you sign.

What does the H-1B Offer Brief include?

An estimated OFLC wage level for your salary, role, and metro; what that level means under the 2026 weighted lottery; a prevailing-wage sanity check against public OEWS data; and how your offer compares with what the employer actually filed in recent LCA disclosures — median wage, wage-level mix, and top roles.

Is this legal or immigration advice?

No. Everything here is informational, built from public Department of Labor and USCIS data. Official prevailing wage determinations come from the OFLC wage library at flag.dol.gov, and decisions about your case belong with a qualified immigration attorney.

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