2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Oregon State University

Offered base salaries from 112 certified H-1B filings, across 13 roles in 3 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Oregon State University's certified filings offered $70,008 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $62,232 and $100,008. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$65,640$49k – $75k13
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$108,450$83k – $154k13
Soil and Plant Scientists$68,004$49k – $69k7
Materials Engineers$64,356$61k – $68k5
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$61,008$61k – $63k5
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$56,004$55k – $58k5
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$117,351$83k – $154k5
Biochemists and Biophysicists$73,362$47k – $76k4
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$85,680$70k – $86k4
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$103,248$84k – $113k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Corvallis, OR$70,008$44k – $197k101
Bend, OR$57,768$56k – $85k4
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$82,788$62k – $83k4
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
112 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Oregon State University's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.