Food and Drug Administration, HHS H-1B wage filings
Silver Spring, MD. Last filed in fiscal 2025. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Food and Drug Administration, HHS filed 71 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2025. The median wage it offered was $107,803, 118.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Visiting Associate (41 filings, median $111,498).
- Filings since FY2020
- 71
- Positions covered
- 67
- Certified
- 94.4%
- Job titles
- 2
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Last filed
- FY2025
Offered wage since 2020
Food and Drug Administration, HHS's median H-1B wage offer rose 15%, from $106,085 in fiscal 2020 to $122,343 in fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2024 it was 134.2% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 24 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
Food and Drug Administration, HHS by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | $86,962 | −28.9% | $50,149 | +83.1% |
| 2024 | 7 | $122,343 | n/a | $53,726 | +134.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 14 | $104,641 | −7.7% | $48,942 | +113.7% |
| 2021 | 24 | $113,362 | +6.9% | $44,699 | +120.0% |
| 2020 | 21 | $106,085 | n/a | $48,984 | +123.3% |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting Associate | 41 | $111,498 | +124.4% | +13% since 2020 | |
| Visiting Scientist | 30 | $103,690 | +87.9% | −23% since 2020 | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring, MD | 53 | $110,384 |
| Jefferson, AR | 10 | $83,655 |
| College Park, MD | 4 | $110,313 |
| Bayonne, NJ | 1 | $121,894 |
| Bethesda, MD | 1 | $102,861 |
| Laurel, MD | 1 | $104,641 |
| Owings, MD | 1 | $125,827 |
By visa type: 71 H-1B. By outcome: 48 certified, 19 certified and later withdrawn, 4 withdrawn before a decision.
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 Food and Drug Administration, HHS 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.