Salaries / Operations Research Analysts / Houston
Operations Research Analysts salaries in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 183 certified H-1B applications for operations research analysts in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 95 employers.
The middle half of offers were $83,000 to $134,500 a year, with a median of $108,500: 10% below the national median for this job ($120,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (38% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $63,710 at Level I and $81,182 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 32% | $63,710 |
| Level II (qualified) | 38% | $81,182 |
| Level III (experienced) | 16% | $98,654 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 13% | $116,126 |
Who sponsors operations research analysts here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGG Services (U.S.) Inc. | 28 | $108,000 | 8 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 16 | $179,000 | — |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 15 | $106,500 | 21 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC | 6 | $185,000 | 9 |
| Tiger Analytics, Inc. | 5 | $160,000 | — |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 3 | $122,000 | — |
| Kforce Inc. | 3 | $111,000 | 11 |
| HighRadius Corporation | 3 | $85,000 | — |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 3 | $82,000 | — |
| ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company | 3 | $166,000 | — |
| GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. | 2 | $90,000 | 3 |
| Energy Exemplar, LLC | 2 | $124,500 | 2 |
| Dell Products L.P. | 2 | $145,500 | — |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 2 | $131,500 | — |
| Uniuni Logistics Inc. | 2 | $57,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Operations Research Analyst, Senior Associate, Manager, Senior Consultant, Associate, Quantitative Researcher, Business Analyst, Data Analyst.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.