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University of Utah

#280 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#33 University sponsor of 3419% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

University Β· H-1B sponsor Β· FY2017–2026

🏒 Salt Lake City, UT HQ🌐 utah.edu

Does University of Utah sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. University of Utah has filed 1,850 H-1B LCAs and 203 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 University of Utah filed 372 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $92,579, about 24% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 35 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
1,850
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$93k
from 372 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
-24%
below national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
203
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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University of Utah H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)154$95k
FY2025218$90k
FY2024191$84k
FY2023209$80k
FY2022179$75k
FY2021157$70k
FY2020178$70k
FY2019195$71k
FY2018193$70k
FY2017176$62k

A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.

H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes

What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided

Pay vs the legal floor
$77k
36% above the $56k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
91% entry to mid
99961314914
LCA decisions
85.1% certified
1,575 of 1,850 filings
Withdrawn 270 Β· Denied 5
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes Β· FY2017–2023
New petitions376 decided99.2% approved
Extensions493 decided95.1% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment881 filings47.6%
Transfers in179 filings9.7%
Renewals790 filings42.7%

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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University of Utah green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)12$93k
FY202523$110k
FY202413$85k
FY202316$75k
FY202224$100k
FY202120$69k
FY202010$70k
FY201926$81k
FY201837$82k
FY201722$84k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B149F-14J-14O-14
Green-card wage
$83k
median of 203 cases
$65k–$115k typical
PERM decisions
95.6% certified
194 of 203 filings
Withdrawn 5 Β· Denied 4

Worker backgrounds Β· FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
China35India28South Korea13Iran11Canada9
Top schools
The University of Utah25Anna University1Boston College1Bradley University1Brigham Young University1
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Fields of study
Medicine19Computer Science11Economics6Electrical & Computer Engineering6Statistics6
Degrees
Doctorate78Master's45Bachelor's25Other20

Pay against the local market

University of Utah’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 98% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsUniversity of Utah payLocal BLS median‑vs market
Medical ScientistsSalt Lake City, UT281$60,286$71,98184%
Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondarySalt Lake City, UT141$176,045$150,201117%
Biochemists and BiophysicistsSalt Lake City, UT126$58,686$67,48487%
StatisticiansSalt Lake City, UT68$74,992$77,93596%
Physicians, All OtherSalt Lake City, UT58$263,671$161,659163%
Accountants and AuditorsSalt Lake City, UT56$56,332$71,94678%
Engineering Teachers, PostsecondarySalt Lake City, UT49$100,613$110,63991%
Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondarySalt Lake City, UT44$120,261$107,766112%
Computer and Information Research ScientistsSalt Lake City, UT38$84,507$115,26673%
Biological TechniciansSalt Lake City, UT37$45,965$48,85194%

About University of Utah

University of Utah is a university based in Salt Lake City, UT. It was founded in 1850 and has about 14,255 employees worldwide.

Name (DOL filings)
University of Utah
Founded
1850
Sponsoring since
FY2017 or earlier
Main filing location
Salt Lake City, UT
Industry
University
Website
utah.edu
H-1B filings
1,850
Median base
$76,822
R&D
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University of Utah pays a median H-1B base of $76,822 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical University sponsor.

H-1B sponsors similar to University of Utah

EmployerFilings, all yearsRecent filingsMedian baseNew employmentLevel III-IV roles
Indiana University2,522719$78k34912%
University of Iowa2,509601$84k2614%
University of Chicago2,498566$79k31621%
University of Utah1,850372$93k17910%
Rutgers University1,841390$87k177β€”
Baylor College of Medicine1,838376$70k20336%
The University of Texas at Austin1,816483$88k23716%

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