Center for Strategic and International Studies H-1B wage filings
Washington, DC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Center for Strategic and International Studies filed 11 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $76,076, 7.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 11
- Positions covered
- 10
- Certified
- 90.9%
- Job titles
- 10
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 53
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
Center for Strategic and International Studies's median H-1B wage offer rose 25%, from $61,000 in fiscal 2020 to $76,076 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.9% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 12 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 Strategic and International Studies by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 9 | $76,076 | −8.6% | $71,198 | +6.9% |
| 2025 | 5 | $83,200 | +19.7% | $71,386 | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 12 | $69,500 | +2.2% | $65,915 | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 10 | $68,000 | +23.6% | $58,802 | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 6 | $55,000 | +5.8% | $50,856 | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 3 | $52,000 | −14.8% | $38,126 | +20.8% |
| 2020 | 8 | $61,000 | n/a | $57,928 | +4.3% |
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 Fellow | 2 | $90,000 | +26.4% | |
| Associate Fellow (Europe) | 1 | $73,008 | +2.5% | |
| Deputy Director for Learning & Development | 1 | $101,640 | +12.2% | |
| Fellow- Indian Energy & Climate Policy | 1 | $111,394 | +2.0% | |
| Fellow-Renewing American Innovation Project | 1 | $75,712 | +6.3% | |
| Research Assistant-Energy Security & Climate Change | 1 | $70,000 | +10.7% | |
| Research Associate-Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative | 1 | $70,200 | +11.0% | |
| Research Associate-Data Analysis | 1 | $76,440 | +7.4% | |
| Research Associate-Energy Security & Climate Change | 1 | $90,854 | +3.6% | |
| Research Associate-Renewing American Innovation | 1 | $68,000 | +7.5% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC | 11 | $76,076 |
By visa type: 11 H-1B. 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 Center for Strategic and International Studies 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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