Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation H-1B wage filings
Seattle, WA. Last filed in fiscal 2025. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation filed 89 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2025. The median wage it offered was $249,312, 62.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Program Officer, Global Development (6 filings, median $220,262).
- Filings since FY2020
- 89
- Positions covered
- 85
- Certified
- 95.5%
- Job titles
- 61
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Last filed
- FY2025
Offered wage since 2020
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's median H-1B wage offer fell 9%, from $273,072 in fiscal 2020 to $247,426 in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025 it was 41.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 20 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | $247,426 | −1.4% | $176,135 | +41.0% |
| 2024 | 13 | $251,040 | −10.3% | $168,054 | +85.1% |
| 2023 | 18 | $280,000 | +7.7% | $178,048 | +73.3% |
| 2022 | 13 | $260,000 | +22.6% | $163,883 | +80.8% |
| 2021 | 20 | $212,052 | −22.3% | $118,082 | +78.4% |
| 2020 | 13 | $273,072 | n/a | $125,570 | +62.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Program Officer, Global Development | 6 | $220,262 | +56.2% | |
| Deputy Director, Advocacy | 4 | $330,630 | +60.1% | |
| Deputy Director, Strategy Planning and Management | 4 | $265,286 | +96.1% | |
| Senior Program Officer | 4 | $214,659 | +90.6% | |
| Senior Officer, Strategy Planning and Management | 3 | $190,962 | +47.8% | |
| Senior Program Officer, Global Health | 3 | $291,884 | +75.3% | |
| Deputy Director, Health Funds & Partnerships | 2 | $295,365 | +53.6% | |
| Deputy Director, Optimize FP Interventions | 2 | $318,308 | +82.2% | |
| Deputy Director, Program Advocacy and Communications | 2 | $260,000 | +56.4% | |
| Director, Africa | 2 | $426,163 | +116.3% | |
| Director, Agricultural Development | 2 | $460,420 | +118.2% | |
| Director, Agriculture Research & Delivery | 2 | $439,450 | +149.3% | |
| Director, Nutrition | 2 | $387,500 | +188.7% | |
| Officer, Strategy, Planning & Management | 2 | $169,950 | +118.6% | |
| Senior Officer, Agriculture Systems Innovation | 2 | $235,000 | +9.8% | |
| Dep. Director, Surveillance, Data & Epi., Malaria, Global H. | 1 | $346,394 | +122.0% | |
| Deputy Director | 1 | $282,000 | +55.5% | |
| Deputy Director, Alliance Management | 1 | $249,312 | +64.3% | |
| Deputy Director, City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation | 1 | $300,000 | +34.0% | |
| Deputy Director, Foundation Strategy | 1 | $331,616 | +140.9% | |
| Deputy Director, Gender Equality | 1 | $300,500 | +233.0% | |
| Deputy Director, Global Development | 1 | $315,000 | +55.8% | |
| Deputy Director, Global Health | 1 | $300,000 | +126.7% | |
| Deputy Director, Global Policy & Advocacy | 1 | $280,000 | +57.3% | |
| Deputy Director, Polio Program Strategy and Implementation | 1 | $281,377 | +252.9% | |
| Deputy Director, Strategy & Implementation Management | 1 | $290,000 | +127.9% | |
| Director, Africa Health | 1 | $393,000 | +120.7% | |
| Director, Development Policy & Finance | 1 | $350,000 | +117.2% | |
| Director, Global Health | 1 | $450,000 | +152.7% | |
| Fellow, Disease Modeling | 1 | $140,000 | +35.6% | |
| Management and Evaluation Officer | 1 | $156,502 | +41.6% | |
| MANAGER- Finance and Accounting | 1 | $136,990 | +16.2% | |
| Measurement and Evaluation Officer | 1 | $161,197 | +46.6% | |
| Program Officer, Country Team, Ethiopia | 1 | n/a | ||
| Program Officer, Global Health | 1 | $159,135 | +60.1% | |
| Program Officer, Program Advocacy and Communications | 1 | $168,095 | +2.6% | |
| Research Scientist | 1 | $151,000 | +27.2% | |
| Senior Engineer, IT | 1 | $158,445 | +37.8% | |
| Senior Officer, Agriculture & Livestock Delivery Enablement | 1 | $232,000 | +45.2% | |
| Senior Officer, Counsel & Advisory | 1 | $262,080 | +204.2% | |
Showing the 40 most-filed of 61 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | 79 | $248,490 |
| Washington, DC | 7 | $214,659 |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | $346,394 |
| New York, NY | 1 | $315,000 |
| Washington, WA | 1 | $426,163 |
By visa type: 83 H-1B, 6 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 77 certified, 8 certified and later withdrawn, 4 withdrawn before a decision.
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 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 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.
- 1 filing is 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.