H-1B Requests Come in Two Shapes
Requested positions per certified application versus the position-weighted median offered wage floor · leading occupations. The occupations with the highest offered wage floors were not the ones requesting the most positions per case. It shows that wage floors and positions per case describe different kinds of employer demand.
Data vintage: FY2026 through Q2 (DOL decisions through March 31, 2026). Point-in-time cross-section; refresh after each cumulative quarterly DOL disclosure.
What does it show?
The occupations with the highest offered wage floors were not the ones requesting the most positions per case.
Methodology
For the twelve leading occupations retained by the reviewed FY2026-Q2 DOL LCA aggregate, compare requested worker positions per certified H-1B case with the position-weighted median annualized offered wage floor. All displayed occupations have wage coverage above 98%. These are employer requests and administrative determinations—not visas issued, workers admitted, actual hires, market wages, or total compensation. Occupations outside the leading aggregate are not shown, so the scatter is not the full H-1B universe.