The Field Museum of Natural History H-1B wage filings
Chicago, IL. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
The Field Museum of Natural History filed 26 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $56,327, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Data Analyst (4 filings, median $60,195).
- Filings since FY2020
- 26
- Positions covered
- 26
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 14
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
The Field Museum of Natural History made 26 filings across 7 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, 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 Field Museum of Natural History 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 | 8 | $61,235 | +11.3% | $52,707 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 4 | $55,006 | −2.2% | $55,006 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 4 | $56,233 | +6.3% | $56,233 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 4 | $52,915 | n/a | $52,915 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 3 | $57,096 | n/a | $57,096 | at the minimum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Analyst | 4 | $60,195 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Curator of Insects | 3 | $52,707 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Curator | 2 | $63,958 | +21.1% | |
| Collections Manager | 2 | $66,612 | at the minimum | |
| Environmental Social Scientist | 2 | $55,339 | at the minimum | |
| Geospatial Analyst & Cartographer | 2 | $57,252 | at the minimum | |
| Research Scientist | 2 | $49,946 | +7.3% | |
| Science Communicator | 2 | $59,158 | +5.9% | |
| Assistant Curator of Amphibians, Conservation Ecologist | 1 | $62,600 | +18.8% | |
| Assistant Curator of Fossil Fishes and Early Tetrapods | 1 | $48,069 | at the minimum | |
| Collections Manager, Insects | 1 | $61,500 | +1.6% | |
| Conservation Ecologist | 1 | $62,234 | at the minimum | |
| Paleobotany Collections Manager III | 1 | $47,694 | at the minimum | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Scientist | 1 | $50,877 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 26 | $56,327 |
By visa type: 26 H-1B. By outcome: 26 certified.
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 Field Museum of Natural History 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.