The Leland Stanford, Jr University H-1B wage filings
Stanford, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Leland Stanford, Jr University filed 406 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $88,749, 24.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Affiliate (99 filings, median $77,933).
- Filings
- 406
- Positions covered
- 401
- Certified
- 98.8%
- Job titles
- 69
- Worksite cities
- 15
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,828
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
The Leland Stanford, Jr University's median H-1B wage offer rose 32%, from $72,225 in fiscal 2020 to $95,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 25.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 557 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 Leland Stanford, Jr University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 282 | $95,000 | +11.6% | $77,355 | +25.1% |
| 2025 | 557 | $85,150 | +6.4% | $71,635 | +24.3% |
| 2024 | 505 | $80,000 | −0.8% | $60,237 | +34.7% |
| 2023 | 477 | $80,675 | +0.8% | $60,237 | +43.9% |
| 2022 | 396 | $80,000 | +8.1% | $63,149 | +34.0% |
| 2021 | 343 | $74,000 | +2.5% | $63,294 | +17.4% |
| 2020 | 268 | $72,225 | n/a | $57,200 | +32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Affiliate | 99 | $77,933 | +12.9% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Basic Life Research Scientist | 74 | $83,000 | +12.8% | +15% since 2020 | |
| Instructor | 24 | $94,000 | +16.5% | +8% since 2020 | |
| Physical Science Research Scientist | 23 | $94,000 | +25.7% | +22% since 2021 | |
| Assistant Professor | 19 | $199,000 | +133.1% | +84% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 17 | $228,000 | +81.4% | −21% since 2020 | |
| Life Science Research Professional 2 | 12 | $89,874 | +24.2% | +24% since 2021 | |
| Research Engineer | 11 | $118,000 | +25.1% | +18% since 2020 | |
| Life Science Research Professional 1 | 8 | $69,370 | +17.7% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Instructor | 7 | $165,000 | +60.1% | +40% since 2020 | |
| Research Data Analyst 1 | 6 | $81,574 | +9.7% | +13% since 2022 | |
| Social Science Research Scholar | 6 | $105,500 | +20.7% | +17% since 2022 | |
| Life Science Research Professional 3 | 5 | $104,000 | +21.8% | +5% since 2022 | |
| Posdoctoral Research Affiliate | 5 | $79,802 | +46.8% | ||
| Research Data Analyst 2 | 5 | $96,408 | +41.3% | +3% since 2021 | |
| Software Developer I | 5 | $123,796 | +36.1% | ||
| Software Developer II | 5 | $154,791 | +55.7% | ||
| Software Developer III | 5 | $171,015 | +40.8% | +12% since 2022 | |
| Hoover Research Fellow | 3 | $100,000 | +61.7% | ||
| Research Fellow | 3 | $100,785 | +29.3% | ||
| Science Engineering Assoc 2 | 3 | $145,000 | +60.0% | ||
| Senior Research Scientist-Basic Life | 3 | $114,895 | +28.3% | −12% since 2024 | |
| Social Science Research Professional 1 | 3 | $77,043 | +10.6% | ||
| System Administrator 2 | 3 | $142,000 | +38.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Research | 2 | $218,500 | +170.3% | ||
| Associate Professor of Surgery | 2 | $433,000 | +105.7% | ||
| Biostatistician III | 2 | $154,670 | +60.3% | ||
| Clinical Professor | 2 | $378,000 | +64.6% | ||
| Data Analyst II | 2 | $119,465 | +26.1% | ||
| Life Science Research Professional 4 | 2 | $131,500 | +48.3% | ||
| Senior Research Scholar | 2 | $254,497 | +176.3% | ||
| Academic Program Professional 2 (Policy Research Manager) | 1 | $125,000 | +79.4% | ||
| Academic Program Professional 1 | 1 | $100,000 | +2.8% | ||
| Academic Program Professional 3 | 1 | $180,600 | +99.3% | ||
| Adjunct Professor | 1 | $190,000 | +6.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering | 1 | $152,314 | +81.4% | ||
| Bing Teacher 1 | 1 | $96,741 | at the minimum | ||
| Biostatistician I | 1 | $105,997 | +45.6% | ||
| Business Intelligence Engineer I | 1 | $154,726 | +14.1% | ||
| Business Intelligence Engineer II | 1 | $152,727 | +38.5% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 69 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford, CA | 313 | $87,850 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 64 | $86,940 |
| Redwood City, CA | 15 | $155,324 |
| Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $89,730 |
| Pacific Grove, CA | 2 | $85,384 |
| Alpharetta, GA | 1 | $92,308 |
| Cambridge, MA | 1 | $74,318 |
| Cupertino, CA | 1 | $162,225 |
| Durham, NC | 1 | $84,665 |
| Lynnfield, MA | 1 | $135,000 |
| Palo Altro, CA | 1 | $80,000 |
| Quincy, MA | 1 | $74,318 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 15 worksite cities.
By visa type: 398 H-1B, 8 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 388 certified, 13 certified and later withdrawn, 5 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 The Leland Stanford, Jr 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.