SETI Institute H-1B wage filings
Mountain View, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five. Also filed as The SETI Institute.
SETI Institute filed 23 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $100,000, 28.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Scientist (7 filings, median $106,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 23
- Positions covered
- 23
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 13
- Worksite cities
- 6
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
SETI Institute's median H-1B wage offer fell 3%, from $103,520 in fiscal 2024 to $100,157 in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025 it was 36.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 6 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.
SETI Institute by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 6 | $100,157 | −3.2% | $78,791 | +36.8% |
| 2024 | 6 | $103,520 | n/a | $78,385 | +35.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 4 | $67,500 | n/a | $59,675 | +6.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 7 | $106,000 | +34.4% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 3 | $70,000 | +16.0% | |
| Astronomer | 2 | $117,461 | +42.2% | |
| Planetary Astronomer | 2 | $94,286 | +16.8% | |
| Aerospace Engineer | 1 | $85,000 | +8.0% | |
| HCRO Operations Manager | 1 | $109,000 | +40.3% | |
| Junior Staff Engineer | 1 | $88,000 | +9.3% | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar, Impulsive Radio Transients | 1 | $65,000 | +8.9% | |
| Radio Astronomy Postdoctoral Scholar | 1 | $62,500 | +4.7% | |
| Research Scientist (Heliophysics) | 1 | $88,000 | +39.2% | |
| Research Scientist/Principal Investigator | 1 | $103,000 | +62.9% | |
| Senior Director of Education and Outreach | 1 | $157,590 | +37.4% | |
| Staff Engineer | 1 | $100,313 | +68.2% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 8 | $86,266 |
| Hat Creek, CA | 7 | $100,313 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 5 | $108,500 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1 | $70,000 |
| Moffett Field, CA | 1 | $103,000 |
| Tucson, AZ | 1 | $85,000 |
By visa type: 23 H-1B. By outcome: 23 certified.
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 SETI Institute 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.