The Brookings Institution H-1B wage filings
Washington, DC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Brookings Institution filed 10 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $61,250, 0.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Research Assistant (4 filings, median $57,500).
- Filings
- 10
- Positions covered
- 10
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 7
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 39
- Median offer change since FY2022
- −5%
Offered wage since 2020
The Brookings Institution's median H-1B wage offer fell 5%, from $62,242 in fiscal 2022 to $59,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 8 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.
The Brookings Institution by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 8 | $59,000 | −7.1% | $59,000 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 5 | $63,500 | −24.6% | $63,294 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 8 | $84,250 | +57.5% | $73,768 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 6 | $53,500 | −14.0% | $43,742 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 8 | $62,242 | n/a | $62,203 | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 4 | $61,751 | n/a | $59,894 | +7.0% |
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 Research Assistant | 4 | $57,500 | +0.2% | |
| Grants Administrator | 1 | $63,690 | at the minimum | |
| Project Manager, CSD | 1 | $73,900 | at the minimum | |
| Research Associate, CUE | 1 | $63,500 | +0.4% | |
| Senior Project Manager, Center for Sustainable Development | 1 | $72,000 | +0.2% | |
| Senior Research Analyst | 1 | $59,000 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Research Analyst, CUE | 1 | $63,500 | +0.3% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC | 10 | $61,250 |
By visa type: 9 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 6 certified, 4 certified and later withdrawn.
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 The Brookings Institution 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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