Harvard University H-1B wage filings
Cambridge, MA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Harvard University filed 327 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $80,000, 26.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Associate (66 filings, median $82,400).
- Filings
- 327
- Positions covered
- 323
- Certified
- 98.8%
- Job titles
- 43
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,608
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +22%
Offered wage since 2020
Harvard University's median H-1B wage offer rose 22%, from $66,000 in fiscal 2020 to $80,492 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 27.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 280 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.
Harvard University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 252 | $80,492 | +0.2% | $62,650 | +27.1% |
| 2025 | 272 | $80,340 | +5.7% | $62,650 | +28.9% |
| 2024 | 280 | $76,000 | +5.6% | $56,493 | +35.8% |
| 2023 | 228 | $72,000 | +6.3% | $58,040 | +23.2% |
| 2022 | 242 | $67,750 | +4.2% | $54,392 | +24.6% |
| 2021 | 180 | $65,000 | −1.5% | $54,146 | +27.2% |
| 2020 | 154 | $66,000 | n/a | $54,059 | +24.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Associate | 66 | $82,400 | +18.1% | +18% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 64 | $70,304 | +19.0% | +28% since 2020 | |
| Research Fellow | 57 | $76,000 | +23.8% | +37% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 53 | $195,000 | +158.0% | +51% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 16 | $72,167 | +18.9% | +23% since 2021 | |
| Lecturer | 8 | $106,714 | +31.1% | +58% since 2022 | |
| Research Scientist | 8 | $99,453 | +13.2% | +13% since 2021 | |
| Instructor | 5 | $118,296 | +27.8% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Growth Lab Research Fellow | 4 | $89,005 | +9.1% | ||
| Language Instructor | 3 | $65,940 | at the minimum | ||
| Preceptor | 3 | $83,616 | +17.1% | +20% since 2020 | |
| Senior Research Scientist | 3 | $150,000 | +104.0% | ||
| Associate Professor | 2 | $138,353 | +81.9% | ||
| Fellow | 2 | $70,500 | +11.7% | ||
| Preceptor in Russian Language | 2 | $70,700 | +21.8% | ||
| Professor | 2 | $288,400 | +153.2% | ||
| Professor of Global Health Systems | 2 | $312,021 | +77.9% | ||
| Research Fellow in Microbiology | 2 | $73,750 | +49.8% | ||
| Academic Associate | 1 | $65,000 | +7.3% | ||
| Associate | 1 | $66,950 | +18.2% | ||
| Benjamin Pierce Fellow | 1 | $94,400 | +69.5% | ||
| Computational Policy Lab Fellow | 1 | $105,000 | +29.1% | ||
| Design Critic in Landscape Architecture | 1 | $111,222 | +68.8% | ||
| Director & Lecturer | 1 | $235,664 | +211.6% | ||
| Global Change Fellow | 1 | $83,000 | +65.8% | ||
| Independent Research Associate | 1 | $90,000 | +1.2% | ||
| Instructional Design Lead | 1 | $76,400 | +6.2% | ||
| Interim Senior Preceptor | 1 | $86,300 | +30.9% | ||
| Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Civilizations | 1 | $133,577 | at the minimum | ||
| Lecturer on Cell Biology | 1 | $89,610 | +21.1% | ||
| Lecturer/Dir. for CITE | 1 | $150,000 | +22.6% | ||
| Lecturer / Director of Grad Cancer Bio Education | 1 | n/a | |||
| Lecturer / Director of Graduate Cancer Biology Education | 1 | $95,401 | +26.9% | ||
| Preceptor in Chinese | 1 | $74,200 | +26.7% | ||
| Preceptor in Japanese | 1 | $77,220 | +17.1% | ||
| Preceptor in Modern Hebrew | 1 | $74,000 | +26.4% | ||
| Professor and Chair | 1 | $317,800 | +81.2% | ||
| Research Associate / Lecturer | 1 | $95,500 | +27.1% | ||
| Senior Lecturer | 1 | $307,778 | +409.6% | ||
| Senior Scientist I | 1 | $119,548 | +98.9% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 43 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | 169 | $81,010 |
| Cambridge, MA | 142 | $77,200 |
| Allston, MA | 12 | $77,500 |
| Medfield, MA | 1 | $98,906 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $104,104 |
| Roslindale, MA | 1 | $83,000 |
| Tracy, CA | 1 | $146,754 |
By visa type: 323 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 166 certified, 157 certified and later withdrawn, 4 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 Harvard University 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.