Smithsonian Institution H-1B wage filings
Washington, DC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Smithsonian Institution filed 5 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $72,254, 53.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 5
- Positions covered
- 5
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 4
- Worksite cities
- 2
- Filings since FY2020
- 58
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +15%
Offered wage since 2020
Smithsonian Institution's median H-1B wage offer rose 15%, from $72,030 in fiscal 2020 to $82,764 in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025 it was 26.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 13 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.
Smithsonian Institution 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 | 13 | $82,764 | −16.9% | $68,370 | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 12 | $99,618 | +13.2% | $70,918 | +39.3% |
| 2023 | 6 | $88,014 | −20.4% | $70,481 | +19.6% |
| 2022 | 7 | $110,603 | +60.1% | $76,024 | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 7 | $69,086 | −4.1% | $61,714 | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 12 | $72,030 | n/a | $65,104 | +9.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Information Specialist (Exhibitions/Graphic Designer) | 2 | $69,923 | +53.9% | |
| Deputy Director | 1 | $199,430 | at the minimum | |
| Director of Individual Giving (Gift Officer) | 1 | $124,189 | +57.5% | |
| Education Technician (Research) | 1 | $72,254 | +9.4% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC | 4 | $71,089 |
| New York, NY | 1 | $124,189 |
By visa type: 4 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 5 certified.
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 Smithsonian Institution 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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