Assistant Scientist H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (SOC 19-1042).

Employers filed 71 wage applications for Assistant Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 11 employers. The median offered wage was $75,000, 22.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. University of Florida filed the most (24, median $70,000).

Filings: 71
Positions covered: 71
Employers: 11
Median offered: $75,000
Median prevailing wage: $55,328
Filings since FY2020: 564
Median offer change since FY2020: +21%

Assistant Scientist, all employers71 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$75,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$64,761 to $85,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$55,328Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Assistant Scientist jobs rose 21%, from $61,000 in fiscal 2020 to $73,922 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 22.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 108 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.

Assistant Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	45	$73,922	−7.6%	$54,683	+22.6%
2025	87	$80,000	+14.0%	$65,333	+15.0%
2024	86	$70,154	+5.3%	$58,770	+20.5%
2023	83	$66,626	+0.8%	$60,445	+16.9%
2022	108	$66,128	+1.7%	$55,100	+21.5%
2021	80	$65,011	+6.6%	$55,630	+21.0%
2020	75	$61,000	n/a	$54,330	+20.1%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
University of Florida	24	$70,000	+14.0%
University of Miami	19	$78,000	+27.9%
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	9	$45,000	+8.0%
Johns Hopkins University	6	$92,000	+33.8%
Indiana University	5	$80,496	+39.3%
Henry Ford Health System	2	$128,998	+80.1%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	2	$85,691	+19.1%
University of Rochester	1	$85,000	+32.6%
The Morgridge Institute For Research Inc.	1	$80,073	+19.5%
UChicago Argonne, LLC	1	$84,094	+44.5%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	1	$120,698	+16.1%

Where Assistant Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Gainesville, FL	21	$70,000	+20.4%
Miami, FL	16	$75,878	+35.1%
Philadelphia, PA	9	$45,000	+8.0%
Baltimore, MD	6	$92,000	+33.8%
Bloomington, IN	5	$80,496	+39.3%
Detroit, MI	2	$128,998	+80.1%
New York, NY	2	$85,691	+19.1%
Belle Glade, FL	1	$68,000	+13.3%
Coral Gables, FL	1	$81,689	+2.2%
Ewing Township, NJ	1	$98,280	at the minimum
Ithaca, NY	1	$92,700	+2.8%
Jacksonville, FL	1	$55,551	+5.5%
Lafayette, CA	1	$114,421	at the minimum
Lemont, IL	1	$84,094	+44.5%
Madison, WI	1	$80,073	+19.5%
Rochester, NY	1	$85,000	+32.6%
Woods Hole, MA	1	$120,698	+16.1%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry48%

Level II, qualified15%

Level III, experienced27%

Level IV, fully competent10%

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 employers 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).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.