Vanderbilt University H-1B wage filings
Nashville, TN. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Vanderbilt University filed 102 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $77,643, 14.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Scholar (19 filings, median $67,375).
- Filings
- 102
- Positions covered
- 100
- Certified
- 98.0%
- Job titles
- 42
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Filings since FY2020
- 519
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +30%
Offered wage since 2020
Vanderbilt University's median H-1B wage offer rose 30%, from $60,674 in fiscal 2020 to $78,666 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 91 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.
Vanderbilt University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 64 | $78,666 | +1.8% | $67,520 | +15.8% |
| 2025 | 90 | $77,250 | +6.5% | $71,032 | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 91 | $72,505 | +3.6% | $61,460 | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 87 | $70,000 | +6.1% | $63,330 | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 58 | $66,000 | +1.5% | $59,613 | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 64 | $65,000 | +7.1% | $55,557 | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 65 | $60,674 | n/a | $54,059 | +14.6% |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Scholar | 19 | $67,375 | +10.7% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 13 | $132,000 | +17.2% | +51% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 7 | $80,327 | +6.3% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Senior Lecturer | 6 | $72,843 | +19.3% | ||
| Senior Research Assistant | 6 | $56,503 | +14.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of the Practice | 5 | $119,000 | +18.3% | ||
| Research Instructor | 5 | $71,419 | +8.3% | +9% since 2021 | |
| Staff Scientist | 4 | $77,500 | +9.2% | ||
| Drug Discovery Scientist | 3 | $92,000 | +9.1% | ||
| Research Scientist | 2 | $142,283 | +31.5% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Management | 1 | $260,000 | +220.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Nursing | 1 | $130,000 | +88.0% | ||
| Associate Director, Career Management Center | 1 | $66,000 | +9.9% | ||
| Associate Director, Prospect Development | 1 | $95,481 | +2.3% | ||
| Associate Professor of the Practice of Finance | 1 | $220,000 | +294.7% | ||
| Associate Systems Engineer | 1 | $111,456 | +44.5% | ||
| Continuity Team Counselor | 1 | $68,500 | +18.0% | ||
| Data Analyst | 1 | $72,100 | +14.1% | ||
| Director of Special Collections and University Archives | 1 | $112,214 | +39.8% | ||
| Lead Teacher | 1 | $49,088 | +15.0% | ||
| Librarian for Asian Studies | 1 | $66,500 | +16.0% | ||
| Media Analyst | 1 | $81,500 | +29.0% | ||
| Operations and Events Coordinator | 1 | $55,500 | +18.2% | ||
| Principal Government, Risk and Compliance Analyst | 1 | $143,434 | +36.1% | ||
| Principal Senior Lecturer | 1 | $81,051 | +3.7% | ||
| Research Assistant | 1 | $49,525 | +10.8% | ||
| Research Fellow | 1 | $120,000 | +9.8% | ||
| Research Scientist/Engineer | 1 | $95,606 | +17.5% | ||
| Research Specialist | 1 | $72,332 | +26.3% | ||
| Senior Accountant | 1 | $77,500 | +13.6% | ||
| Senior Data Solutions Analyst | 1 | $95,000 | +2.7% | ||
| Senior Research Analyst | 1 | $70,200 | +3.0% | ||
| Senior Research Associate | 1 | $80,383 | +0.3% | ||
| Senior Research Engineer | 1 | $110,000 | +24.3% | ||
| Senior Research Specialist | 1 | $75,409 | +2.0% | ||
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 | $125,000 | +15.2% | ||
| Senior State Policy Analyst | 1 | $70,183 | +15.8% | ||
| STEM Educational Development Specialist | 1 | $83,325 | +26.9% | ||
| System Administrator | 1 | $87,550 | +9.6% | ||
| Talent Acquisition Operations Analyst | 1 | $73,000 | +12.4% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 42 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville, TN | 96 | $77,492 |
| Franklin, TN | 3 | $92,000 |
| Maitland, FL | 1 | $70,183 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 1 | $95,481 |
| Washington, DC | 1 | $120,000 |
By visa type: 102 H-1B. By outcome: 99 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn, 2 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 Vanderbilt University 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.