Buck Institute for Research on Aging H-1B wage filings
Novato, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Buck Institute for Research on Aging filed 11 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $102,065, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 11
- Positions covered
- 10
- Certified
- 90.9%
- Job titles
- 10
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2022
- 45
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +28%
Offered wage since 2022
Buck Institute for Research on Aging's median H-1B wage offer rose 28%, from $80,000 in fiscal 2022 to $102,065 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 11 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.
Buck Institute for Research on Aging by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 9 | $102,065 | +68.5% | $99,757 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 9 | $60,590 | −20.7% | $60,590 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 7 | $76,400 | +12.4% | $66,685 | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 9 | $68,000 | −15.0% | $60,445 | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 11 | $80,000 | n/a | $66,269 | +8.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Researcher | 2 | $87,692 | +2.7% | |
| Ass. Dir. Metabolomics/Staff Scientist | 1 | n/a | ||
| Associate Director of the Metabolomics Core/Staff Scientist | 1 | $114,130 | at the minimum | |
| Research Associate I | 1 | $60,237 | +13.1% | |
| Scientist | 1 | $85,384 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist II | 1 | $131,019 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Research Scientist | 1 | $114,130 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Scientist | 1 | $131,019 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Scientist & Scientific Manager | 1 | $114,130 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Scientist/Senior Scientist | 1 | $80,350 | at the minimum | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Novato, CA | 11 | $102,065 |
By visa type: 10 H-1B, 1 H-1B1 (Chile). By outcome: 10 certified, 1 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 Buck Institute for Research on Aging 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.
- 2 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.