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Columbia, MD

Columbia, MD is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 74 tracked employers at a $103,210 median H-1B wage across 882 LCAs.

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74
Employers
$103,210
Median H-1B wage
882
H-1B filings

Columbia, MD: 74 tracked employers at a $103,210 median H-1B wage across 882 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Columbia, MD (MD), PlainEmployers rolls up 74 employers at a $103,210 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 74 employers
  • $103,210 median H-1B
  • 882 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

Where Columbia, MD's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$103,210 Top 69% higher than 31% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Columbia, MD $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Columbia, MD (74 employers) sits beside Baltimore, MD, Rockville, MD, Bethesda, MD in MD's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Columbia, MD ranks #161 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th percentile).

Baltimore, MD 176 Rockville, MD 132 Bethesda, MD 111 Gaithersburg, MD 71 Frederick, MD 56 Silver Spring, MD 41
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceOther ServicesManufacturingAdministrative & Waste Services

What the data says about Columbia, MD

Corpus placement: Columbia, MD ranks #161 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 42 of 74 tracked employers (~57%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Other Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Decision Six Inc, Antra, Inc., and Virtual Reality Technologies LLC (326 filings combined, ~37% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Columbia, MD: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Decision Six Inc, Antra, Inc., and Virtual Reality Technologies LLC, together 326 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Columbia, MD reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 57% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Decision Six Inc plus Antra, Inc. account for about 37% of Columbia, MD's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Columbia, MD, 1 carry WARN Act history (7 notices, about 147 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Columbia, MD: Baltimore, MD (176 employers); Rockville, MD (132 employers); Bethesda, MD (111 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Columbia, MD

1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 7 WARN notices , naming about 147 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Columbia, MD

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Decision Six IncProfessional & Technical Services199$92,394
2Antra, Inc.Professional & Technical Services72$88,500
3Virtual Reality Technologies LLC55$87,651
4DaVita, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance54$115,055
5Sparksoft CorporationProfessional & Technical Services40$120,000
6Bdo USA, P.C.28$122,000
7Proofpoint, Inc.Professional & Technical Services26$161,637
8Blend360, LLCProfessional & Technical Services24$123,050
9United HealthCare Services, Inc.Finance & Insurance22$112,195
10Meritore Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services21$104,000
11The Johns Hopkins HospitalHealthcare & Social Assistance18$66,389
12Indus River Technologies IncProfessional & Technical Services18$100,797
13Digital Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services16$88,638
14MedStar Health, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance15$109,102
15iZeal, Inc.Professional & Technical Services15$95,379
16FEI.COM, Inc.Professional & Technical Services13$117,565
17Scepter Technologies, IncProfessional & Technical Services13$126,880
18Ellucian Company LLC13$121,450
19Ardra Tech Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services12$108,500
20Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.Wholesale Trade12$164,474
21GCOM Information Technology IncProfessional & Technical Services11$106,184
22Chags Health Information Technology, LLCProfessional & Technical Services10$120,000
23Genisys Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services10$94,182
24Kiewit Infrastructure Co.Construction10$94,496
25Mintex Tech INC.Professional & Technical Services10$99,195
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Disclaimer: The Columbia, MD overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Columbia, MD from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.