PILLAR · WIDGETS

Widgets

Three interactive tools backed by DOL OFLC, BLS OEWS, IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32, and the State Department Visa Bulletin. Built for offer scoping, priority-date status checks, and pre-filing audits — never as substitutes for the legally binding lookups linked from each tool.

Prevailing Wage Checker

Pick an occupation and state. The tool returns DOL OFLC Levels 1-4 (Entry / Qualified / Experienced / Fully Competent) computed from BLS OEWS May 2024 percentiles per the 2009 OFLC wage methodology. Covers 23 occupations across H-1B specialty occupations (software, engineering, finance, healthcare, legal) and PERM-only roles (trades, public safety, transportation).

Use it to scope an offer, audit a draft LCA before filing, or benchmark internal compensation against the floor. For an actual filing, pull the MSA-specific figure at flag.dol.gov/wage-data with the worksite ZIP — figures within the same state can vary 10-20% across MSAs.

Priority Date Tracker

Pick your preference category (EB-1 through EB-5, F1 through F4) and country of chargeability, enter your priority date, and the tracker returns current status under both the Final Action chart and the Dates for Filing chart from the latest Visa Bulletin. Reads live from the State Department bulletin.

Useful for AOS filing-window planning when USCIS announces which chart applies that month, for cross-chargeability comparisons between an India- or China-born applicant and a third-country-born spouse, and for monthly retrogression checks. The tracker reports current month only — for trend analysis use the Visa Bulletin pillar.

H-1B Tax Calculator

Estimate H-1B annual take-home across federal income tax (2026 IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 brackets), FICA (Social Security 6.2% to $183,600 + Medicare 1.45% all wages + 0.9% additional Medicare above the threshold), and state tax for all 51 states. Toggles for single vs. MFJ filing status, F-1 OPT FICA-exempt comparison, and tax-treaty deductions (China Article 19 researcher, Korea Article 21 teacher).

Most consequential single switch: F-1 OPT exempts FICA per IRC §3121(b)(19) for the first 5 calendar years; H-1B does not. The widget shows the 7.65% FICA delta on every dollar up to the SS cap — the take-home cut you should expect on the day OPT converts to H-1B.

Methodology & data sources

  • BLS OEWS, May 2024 (released April 2025). Occupational employment and wage statistics by SOC × state. Used for prevailing-wage Levels 1-4 interpolation.
  • DOL OFLC Wage Methodology, November 2009 (revised 2017). Defines Levels 1-4 at 17th, 34th, 50th, and 67th percentile cuts. Codified at 20 CFR §656.40.
  • State Department Visa Bulletin, monthly. Final Action and Dates for Filing charts published around the 10th of each prior month at travel.state.gov.
  • IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (October 2025). 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, FICA wage base, additional Medicare threshold.
  • State DOR brackets, 2025 enacted. 2026 inflation adjustments where legislated; otherwise 2025 values held forward. Local city/county taxes excluded from headline numbers.

All three widgets are 100% client-side — no analytics on form input, no API calls. The data lives in the page or in a static JSON inlined at build time. Read the full methodology.