LSU System - Pennington Biomedical Research Center H-1B wage filings
Baton Rouge, LA. Last filed in fiscal 2025. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
LSU System - Pennington Biomedical Research Center filed 15 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025. The median wage it offered was $52,070, 13.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Fellow (3 filings, median $52,000).
- Filings since FY2021
- 15
- Positions covered
- 15
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 8
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2025
Offered wage since 2021
LSU System - Pennington Biomedical Research Center's median H-1B wage offer rose 7%, from $50,609 in fiscal 2021 to $54,144 in fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2022 it was 15.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 5 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
LSU System - Pennington Biomedical Research Center by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 4 | $61,931 | +14.4% | $51,980 | +18.6% |
| 2022 | 5 | $54,144 | +7.0% | $45,240 | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 5 | $50,609 | n/a | $46,634 | +10.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 3 | $52,000 | +10.1% | |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | 3 | $52,070 | +7.6% | |
| Research Associate III | 3 | $50,000 | +8.5% | |
| Research Scientist | 2 | $70,000 | +20.9% | |
| Assistant Professor - Research | 1 | $85,000 | +40.6% | |
| Research Scientist I | 1 | $56,000 | +34.6% | |
| Research Specialist I | 1 | $35,875 | +13.3% | |
| Visiting Assistant Professor-Research | 1 | $60,000 | +24.0% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge, LA | 15 | $52,070 |
By visa type: 15 H-1B. By outcome: 13 certified, 2 certified and later withdrawn.
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 LSU System - Pennington Biomedical Research Center 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.