Pew Research Center 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.
Pew Research Center filed 21 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $74,000, 15.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings since FY2020
- 21
- Positions covered
- 20
- Certified
- 95.2%
- Job titles
- 16
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
Pew Research Center made 21 filings across 7 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 5 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.
Pew Research Center by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 3 | $102,102 | n/a | $84,698 | +13.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 5 | $93,000 | +29.7% | $63,814 | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 3 | $71,700 | +14.9% | $61,922 | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 3 | $62,417 | +0.6% | $48,797 | +27.9% |
| 2020 | 5 | $62,048 | n/a | $53,009 | +16.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communications Associate-Global Attitudes | 2 | $62,417 | +27.9% | |
| Communications Associate-Global Attitudes/Global Migration & | 2 | $62,808 | +12.1% | |
| Research Analyst II | 2 | $71,568 | +14.7% | |
| Research Analyst, Religion | 2 | $65,000 | +1.9% | |
| Communications Associate II | 1 | $70,000 | +13.0% | |
| Communications Manager | 1 | $96,069 | +13.4% | |
| Communications Manager-Global Attitudes | 1 | $89,250 | +6.9% | |
| Communications Manager-Global Attitudes Research | 1 | $92,820 | +14.7% | |
| Research Analyst -Global Attitudes | 1 | $71,700 | +41.0% | |
| Research Assistant, Religion | 1 | $44,000 | +14.3% | |
| Research Associate | 1 | $102,622 | +5.7% | |
| Research Associate-Family Demography, Social Trends | 1 | $93,000 | +15.6% | |
| Research Associate I -Global Demography of Religion | 1 | $94,795 | +13.1% | |
| Research Associate II News & Information Research | 1 | $102,102 | +43.4% | |
| Research Associate-People & the Press | 1 | $93,000 | +45.7% | |
| Research Associate-Race & Ethnicity | 1 | $93,000 | +15.6% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC | 21 | $74,000 |
By visa type: 13 H-1B, 8 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 20 certified, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
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 Pew 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.
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