2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University

Offered base salaries from 139 certified H-1B filings, across 18 roles in 3 metro areas.

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

Half of Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University's certified filings offered $82,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $67,000 and $105,570. 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
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$115,000$105k – $209k15
Data Scientists$97,331$68k – $130k6
Chemists$85,000$57k – $105k6
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$63,207$52k – $92k6
Computer and Information Research Scientists$75,000$68k – $113k5
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$64,688$61k – $67k5
Physicists$62,878$60k – $63k5
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$96,000$93k – $100k5
Veterinarians$50,500$46k – $52k5
Civil Engineers$82,360$68k – $90k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$82,000$47k – $209k121
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$95,000$46k – $361k10
Roanoke, VA$64,688$61k – $130k4
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
139 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 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 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.