H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 13-1082Rank #56Updated Jun 2026

Project Management Specialists

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Project Management Specialists (SOC 13-1082). Based on 16,396 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$151,794
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$112,341
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$186,139
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
663
Rank #56 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I973$65,582$76,960$106,000
Level II2,594$88,338$111,550$154,000
Level III2,912$119,417$148,000$174,001
Level IV2,732$137,738$167,000$191,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$65,582$76,960$106,000
Level II$88,338$111,550$154,000
Level III$119,417$148,000$174,001
Level IV$137,738$167,000$191,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA5,468$152,206
2WA1,541$135,000
3NY1,439$125,000
4TX1,348$105,477
5MA686$120,455
6NJ546$116,496
7IL539$110,000
8GA423$102,204
9FL376$104,000
10NC324$108,888

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$99k
FY2011$93k
FY2012$95k
FY2013$102k
FY2014$99k
FY2015$106k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$120k
FY2018$128k
FY2019$133k
FY2020$135k
FY2021$145k
FY2022$152k
FY2023$150k
FY2024$144k
FY2025$122k
FY2026$152k
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