Center for Applied Rationality H-1B wage filings
Berkeley, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Center for Applied Rationality filed 14 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $150,000, 39.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Computer Systems Analyst (3 filings, median $130,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 14
- Positions covered
- 14
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 8
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
Center for Applied Rationality made 14 filings across 6 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 4 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.
Center for Applied Rationality by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 3 | $170,000 | +30.8% | $108,909 | +38.2% |
| 2024 | 3 | $130,000 | n/a | $95,285 | +36.4% |
| 2023 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 4 | $150,000 | n/a | $83,158 | +81.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems Analyst | 3 | $130,000 | +36.4% | |
| Staff Researcher | 3 | $170,000 | +270.7% | |
| Engineering and Product Manager | 2 | $175,000 | +39.2% | |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $135,000 | +53.9% | |
| Product Data Analyst | 1 | $84,344 | at the minimum | |
| Research and Development Manager | 1 | $200,013 | +64.8% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 | $150,000 | +65.9% | |
| Team Lead | 1 | $104,978 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley, CA | 14 | $150,000 |
By visa type: 10 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 12 certified, 2 certified and later withdrawn.
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 Center for Applied Rationality 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.