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Rochester, NY

Rochester, NY is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 83 tracked employers at a $115,000 median H-1B wage across 1,135 LCAs.

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83
Employers
$115,000
Median H-1B wage
1,135
H-1B filings

Rochester, NY: 83 tracked employers at a $115,000 median H-1B wage across 1,135 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 Rochester, NY (NY), PlainEmployers rolls up 83 employers at a $115,000 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 83 employers
  • $115,000 median H-1B
  • 1,135 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

Where Rochester, NY's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$115,000 Top 57% higher than 43% 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. Rochester, NY $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

Rochester, NY (83 employers) sits beside New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY, Long Island City, NY in NY's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Rochester, NY ranks #140 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th percentile).

New York, NY 4,740 Brooklyn, NY 675 Long Island City, NY 156 Albany, NY 153 Bronx, NY 104 Buffalo, NY 104
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingHealthcare & Social AssistanceFinance & InsuranceEducational Services

What the data says about Rochester, NY

Corpus placement: Rochester, NY ranks #140 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 35 of 83 tracked employers (~42%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Mastercard Technologies, LLC, University of Rochester, and Rochester General Hospital (545 filings combined, ~48% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Rochester, NY: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Mastercard Technologies, LLC, University of Rochester, and Rochester General Hospital, together 545 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Rochester, NY reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 42% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Mastercard Technologies, LLC plus University of Rochester account for about 48% of Rochester, NY'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 Rochester, NY, 1 carry WARN Act history (1 notice, about 1 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within NY, Rochester, NY is smaller than peers such as New York, NY (4,740 employers); Brooklyn, NY (675 employers); Long Island City, NY (156 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

WARN layoff activity in Rochester, NY

1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 1 WARN notice , naming about 1 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 Rochester, NY

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Mastercard Technologies, LLCFinance & Insurance313$132,000
2University of RochesterHealthcare & Social Assistance167$75,000
3Rochester General HospitalHealthcare & Social Assistance65$88,000
4Avani Technology Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services64$101,500
5Saipsit, Inc.Professional & Technical Services61$106,540
6Paychex North America Inc.Management of Companies51$131,123
7Rochester Institute of TechnologyEducational Services42$58,390
8AvidXchange, Inc.Professional & Technical Services38$148,000
9Ellucian Company LLCProfessional & Technical Services25$123,121
10Cerebras Systems INC.Professional & Technical Services23$204,000
11The Unity Hospital of RochesterHealthcare & Social Assistance21$99,124
12Technosoft Engineering, Inc.Professional & Technical Services20$84,500
13Smarteq Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services17$111,072
14Sunray Informatics Inc.Professional & Technical Services16$103,300
15Alstom Transport USA Inc.Manufacturing15$117,011
16Unity Hospital of Rochester14$85,738
17V S Technologies IncProfessional & Technical Services14$90,000
18Mindex Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services13$115,003
19Lifetime Workforce Solutions, LLCFinance & Insurance12$124,786
20Symbioun Technologies, INC.Professional & Technical Services11$109,642
21Atos IT Solutions And Services, INCProfessional & Technical Services10$119,392
22Excellus Health Plan, Inc.Finance & Insurance7$96,977
23LaBella Associates, D.P.C.7$80,000
24Vkan Tech Solutions INC.Professional & Technical Services6$99,167
25Mercer Health & Benefits LLCProfessional & Technical Services5$126,968
Sources, citation, and related links for Rochester, NY

Disclaimer: The Rochester, NY 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 Rochester, NY 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.