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H-1B filed wages in Portsmouth, VA

269 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)

Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.

Median filed wage in Portsmouth

DOL LCA · FY2025
$58,497
n = 117filings with a wage

FY2025 median across the 117 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Portsmouth, VA — of 269 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025

Fiscal yearFiled wageWage sample (n)
FY2026 (through Q3)$53,210
median of 45
45
FY2025$58,497
median of 117
117
FY2024$47,720
median of 78
78
FY2023$56,460
median of 17
17
FY2022
4 filings — too few for a median
4
FY2021
8 filings — too few for a median
8

How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles

Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average

How this city maps to a federal statistical area

scope

Filings from Portsmouth, VA fall inside the federal statistical area VIRGINIA BEACH-NORFOLK-NEWPORT NEWS, VA-NC. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Portsmouth itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.

Employers filing the most roles in Portsmouth

top 23 by volume
EmployerFiled wageWage sample (n)
Portsmouth Public Schools$58,497
median of 132
132
Portsmouth City Public Schools$47,720
median of 100
100
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp
9 filings — too few for a median
9
ITVision360, Inc.
3 filings — too few for a median
3
Tremont Road Super Dental P.C.
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.

2 filings — too few for a median
2
Management Health Systems, LLC
2 filings — too few for a median
2
Halifax County Public Schools
2 filings — too few for a median
2
USACS Medical Group Ltd.
2 filings — too few for a median
2
Bon Secours Medical Group Hampton Roads Primary Care, LLC
2 filings — too few for a median
2
Marathon Consulting, LLC
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.

2 filings — too few for a median
2
Nephrology Associates of Tidewater LTD
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.
$269,000
1 filing
1
Aegis Therapies, Inc.$91,520
1 filing
1
ZPMC North America, Inc.$68,120
1 filing
1
Emergency Medicine Associates, PA$412,800
1 filing
1
Elizabeth River Crossings OpCo, LLC
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.
$72,100
1 filing
1
Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc.$190,000
1 filing
1
Eastern Virginia Medical School$95,000
1 filing
1
PMR Virginia Holding, LLC$233,413
1 filing
1
Bon Secours Medical Group Hampton Roads Specialty Care, LLC
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.
$350,000
1 filing
1
ODU Research Foundation
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.
$80,000
1 filing
1
Navis, LP$117,671
1 filing
1
Sri Drug Center Pharmacy LLC
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.
$80,954
1 filing
1
Safe Harbor Recovery Center
Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page.
$100,000
1 filing
1

Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only.

Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year

Layoff notices in VA

State WARN notices
We have no way to know about layoffs in Portsmouth.
Layoff notices (WARN) are published state by state, and Virginia is not one of the states we have loaded.

Nothing on this page should be read as evidence that employers here are or are not cutting jobs — we simply do not have this state's notices. Check the Virginia labor department's WARN page directly.

Which cities have a page

We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.