The Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc. H-1B wage filings

New York, NY. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

The Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc. filed 11 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $82,000, 13.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.

Filings since FY2020
11
Positions covered
11
Certified
100.0%
Job titles
9
Worksite cities
2
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

The Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc. made 11 filings across 5 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 3 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$60k$80k$100k$120k$111k$74k12020020213202232023220240202522026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

The Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc. by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)2n/an/an/an/a
20250n/an/an/an/a
20242n/an/an/an/a
20233$74,014−33.6%$62,691+29.8%
20223$111,460n/a$99,840+11.6%
20210n/an/an/an/a
20201n/an/an/an/a

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Africa Program Coordinator2$111,460+11.6%
Senior Communications Associate2$77,933+4.2%
Communications Director1$131,124+13.2%
Head of Africa, Programs1$128,356+29.8%
Program Research Associate, Middle East & North Africa1$70,380+14.9%
Researcher, Europe & Central Asia1$61,500+42.5%
Senior Africa Researcher1$74,014+18.1%
Senior Researcher, Africa Program1$61,000+36.0%
Senior Researcher, Europe & Central Asia1$82,000+9.1%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
New York, NY10$82,433
Arlington, VA1$70,380

By visa type: 8 H-1B, 3 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 11 certified.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry18%
Level II, qualified36%
Level III, experienced9%
Level IV, fully competent36%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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