National Institutes of Health, HHS H-1B wage filings
Bethesda, MD. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
National Institutes of Health, HHS filed 203 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $108,994, 58.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Fellow (123 filings, median $102,305).
- Filings
- 203
- Positions covered
- 200
- Certified
- 98.5%
- Job titles
- 5
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,978
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +34%
Offered wage since 2020
National Institutes of Health, HHS's median H-1B wage offer rose 34%, from $82,000 in fiscal 2020 to $109,475 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 58.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 347 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.
National Institutes of Health, HHS by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 159 | $109,475 | +3.6% | $68,255 | +58.0% |
| 2025 | 210 | $105,672 | +5.5% | $68,536 | +62.0% |
| 2024 | 325 | $100,182 | +8.3% | $58,365 | +71.0% |
| 2023 | 347 | $92,500 | +2.8% | $57,845 | +62.2% |
| 2022 | 328 | $89,995 | +3.9% | $48,942 | +76.7% |
| 2021 | 338 | $86,641 | +5.7% | $45,240 | +82.7% |
| 2020 | 271 | $82,000 | n/a | $43,306 | +82.8% |
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 Fellow | 123 | $102,305 | +59.4% | +35% since 2020 | |
| Staff Scientist | 52 | $124,222 | +56.7% | +21% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Fellow | 19 | $108,992 | +34.5% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Investigator Tenure Track | 6 | $165,718 | +102.7% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Staff Clinician | 3 | $188,000 | +106.9% | −1% since 2021 | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Bethesda, MD | 165 | $110,487 |
| Rockville, MD | 12 | $101,056 |
| Frederick, MD | 9 | $105,919 |
| Research Triangle Park, NC | 7 | $90,354 |
| Baltimore, MD | 5 | $117,962 |
| Hamilton, MT | 4 | $112,789 |
| San Francisco, CA | 1 | $163,760 |
By visa type: 201 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 141 certified, 59 certified and later withdrawn, 3 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 National Institutes of Health, HHS 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.
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- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation29
- HiLabs, Inc29
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- Retail Services and Systems, Inc.15
- Rochambeau, The French International School of Washington, D.C12
- Radiant Innovative, Inc9
- Precision Medicine Group, LLC7
- Clark Construction Group, LLC6
- Liquidity Services, Inc.6