Battelle Memorial Institute H-1B wage filings
Richland, WA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Battelle Memorial Institute filed 209 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $115,508, 64.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Electrical Engineer (20 filings, median $127,677).
- Filings
- 209
- Positions covered
- 201
- Certified
- 96.2%
- Job titles
- 103
- Worksite cities
- 38
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,130
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +37%
Offered wage since 2020
Battelle Memorial Institute's median H-1B wage offer rose 37%, from $83,431 in fiscal 2020 to $114,150 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 67.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 202 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Battelle Memorial Institute by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 136 | $114,150 | −1.2% | $68,078 | +67.8% |
| 2025 | 173 | $115,589 | +6.5% | $70,273 | +63.5% |
| 2024 | 160 | $108,500 | +4.8% | $64,085 | +62.4% |
| 2023 | 176 | $103,519 | +6.2% | $61,339 | +66.7% |
| 2022 | 202 | $97,500 | +2.0% | $56,264 | +67.9% |
| 2021 | 147 | $95,542 | +14.5% | $56,014 | +62.0% |
| 2020 | 136 | $83,431 | n/a | $55,921 | +60.4% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | 20 | $127,677 | +72.3% | +11% since 2021 | |
| Data Scientist | 11 | $127,961 | +77.5% | +15% since 2023 | |
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric Science) | 9 | $123,442 | +48.5% | +22% since 2022 | |
| Materials Scientist | 9 | $120,000 | +73.8% | +19% since 2022 | |
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric and Space Scientists) | 8 | $118,338 | +48.6% | ||
| Computational Scientist (Chemist) | 4 | $114,443 | +66.9% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Chemical Engineer) | 4 | $98,358 | +79.3% | +10% since 2022 | |
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Chemist) | 4 | $86,312 | +58.0% | +19% since 2020 | |
| Chemical Engineer | 3 | $110,510 | +80.3% | ||
| Computer Scientist | 3 | $113,000 | +85.4% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Science) | 3 | $161,341 | +59.0% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Scientist) | 3 | $104,408 | +45.4% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Mechanical Engineer) | 3 | $199,104 | +42.6% | ||
| Materials Scientist (Chemist) | 3 | $116,633 | +72.1% | ||
| Mechanical Engineer | 3 | $108,000 | +41.8% | ||
| PhD Intern (Chemical Engineer) | 3 | $69,680 | +34.5% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Biochemistry) | 3 | $89,182 | +67.4% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Electrical Engineer) | 3 | $93,995 | +66.0% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Mechanical Engineer) | 3 | $104,087 | +82.2% | +15% since 2022 | |
| Building Research Engineer (Mechanical Engineer) | 2 | $98,523 | +67.1% | ||
| Chemist | 2 | $152,448 | +91.8% | −4% since 2022 | |
| Chemist (Environmental Engineer) | 2 | $112,774 | +30.3% | ||
| Computational Scientist (Materials Science) | 2 | $120,366 | +72.2% | ||
| Computational Scientist (Mechanical Engineers) | 2 | $115,050 | +51.0% | ||
| Data Scientist (Agricultural Engineer) | 2 | $137,000 | +81.5% | ||
| Data Scientist (Electrical Engineer) | 2 | $130,508 | +91.7% | ||
| Data Scientist (Environmental Engineer) | 2 | $141,735 | +32.1% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Civil Engineer) | 2 | $112,056 | +28.5% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Scientists) | 2 | $112,000 | +43.1% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Geographer) | 2 | $116,916 | +80.6% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Geoscientists) | 2 | $114,150 | +53.7% | ||
| Earth Scientist (Zoologists and Wildlife Biologist) | 2 | $114,000 | +68.4% | ||
| Electrical Engineer (Data Science) | 2 | $169,380 | +86.2% | ||
| Physicist | 2 | $126,818 | +63.2% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Atmospheric Science) | 2 | $87,720 | +39.7% | +6% since 2021 | |
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Computer Scientist) | 2 | $98,620 | +83.9% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Environmental Engineer) | 2 | $93,036 | +52.6% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Environmental Science) | 2 | $95,493 | +46.4% | ||
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Materials Science) | 2 | $90,015 | +92.2% | +3% since 2020 | |
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Materials Scientist) | 2 | $101,716 | +96.6% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 103 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Richland, WA | 142 | $115,004 |
| Seattle, WA | 25 | $126,668 |
| Arlington, VA | 2 | $96,665 |
| Fort Myers, FL | 2 | $114,150 |
| Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $141,735 |
| Portland, OR | 2 | $127,197 |
| Washington, DC | 2 | $127,962 |
| West Richland, WA | 2 | $112,270 |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $100,000 |
| Austin, TX | 1 | $123,314 |
| Bayonne, NJ | 1 | $116,520 |
| Bellingham, WA | 1 | $136,312 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 38 worksite cities.
By visa type: 207 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 145 certified, 56 certified and later withdrawn, 8 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Battelle Memorial Institute attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 9 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.