The Henry M. Jackson Foundation H-1B wage filings

Bethesda, MD. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation filed 29 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $73,800, 2.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Associate II (5 filings, median $70,000).

Filings
29
Positions covered
27
Certified
93.1%
Job titles
16
Worksite cities
3
Filings since FY2020
171
Median offer change since FY2020
+3%

Offered wage since 2020

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation's median H-1B wage offer rose 3%, from $71,500 in fiscal 2020 to $74,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 34 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$60k$80k$100k$72k$75k$80k$74k$75k$78k$74k192020222021262022282023202024342025222026*

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

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)22$74,000−5.1%$68,578+2.1%
202534$78,000+4.0%$75,026+5.0%
202420$75,000+1.4%$73,528+1.4%
202328$74,000−7.5%$71,074+1.5%
202226$80,000+6.7%$71,198+1.5%
202122$75,000+4.9%$68,848+7.9%
202019$71,500n/a$65,187+3.6%

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailingMedian since 2020
Research Associate II5$70,000+2.1%
Associate Scientist3$73,000+6.4%
Postdoctoral Fellow3$68,000+0.6%
Scientist3$70,000+2.1%+12% since 2020
Scientist I3$74,000+7.9%
Epidemiologist III2$115,000+0.7%
Biomathematician1$100,000+2.5%
Computational Research Scientist1$127,000+8.7%
Computational Research Scientist I1$93,000+0.3%
Computational Research Scientist 21$95,000+2.5%
Data Analyst II1$90,000+1.7%
Research Data Analyst and Manager1$90,000+1.7%
Research Data Analyst Manager1n/a
Research Program Analyst1$70,000+6.2%
Scientist II1$110,000+7.7%
Technical Director, Quality Metrics & Reporting1$112,000+0.5%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Bethesda, MD20$74,000
Silver Spring, MD6$70,098
Frederick, MD3$95,000

By visa type: 29 H-1B. By outcome: 21 certified, 6 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision.

Filings by quarter

Jul to Sep 20257
Oct to Dec 20257
Jan to Mar 202613
Apr to Jun 20262

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

Level I, entry70%
Level II, qualified15%
Level III, experienced11%
Level IV, fully competent4%

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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