The Malala Fund H-1B wage filings

Washington, DC. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

The Malala Fund filed 12 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $75,550, 10.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.

Filings since FY2021
12
Positions covered
10
Certified
83.3%
Job titles
9
Worksite cities
3
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2021

The Malala Fund made 12 filings across 6 fiscal years since 2021, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 4 filings.

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

The Malala Fund by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)2n/an/an/an/a
20251n/an/an/an/a
20244$91,800n/a$88,338+9.4%
20231n/an/an/an/a
20222n/an/an/an/a
20212n/an/an/an/a

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Director, Co-Founder Voice and Communications2$149,100+22.1%
Director of Human Resources2$117,300+9.4%
Editor2$51,300+2.0%
Data Manager1$121,200+15.0%
Data Officer1$91,800+3.9%
Development Associate1$68,000+25.4%
Digital Product Manager1$81,100+27.1%
Program Officer - Ethiopia1$44,000+1.8%
Research and Learning Officer (Monitoring, Eval. & Learning)1$70,000+11.0%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Washington, DC8$70,000
New York, NY3$115,100
Newyork, NY1$51,300

By visa type: 12 H-1B. By outcome: 4 certified, 6 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry70%
Level II, qualified30%
Level III, experienced0%
Level IV, fully competent0%

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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