Investigator H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 126 wage applications for Investigator jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 10 employers. The median offered wage was $89,336, 8.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. General Hospital Corporation filed the most (73, median $88,899).

Filings: 126
Positions covered: 123
Employers: 10
Median offered: $89,336
Median prevailing wage: $75,629
Filings since FY2020: 377
Median offer change since FY2020: +11%

Investigator, all employers126 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$89,336Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$78,096 to $100,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$75,629Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Investigator jobs rose 11%, from $80,000 in fiscal 2020 to $88,899 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 10.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 72 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.

Investigator by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	94	$88,899	−0.7%	$71,406	+10.9%
2025	72	$89,535	+19.4%	$72,946	+10.6%
2024	31	$75,000	no change	$60,112	+16.6%
2023	47	$75,000	−3.8%	$56,430	+11.9%
2022	58	$78,000	−8.2%	$64,563	+8.6%
2021	40	$85,000	+6.3%	$66,893	+14.9%
2020	35	$80,000	n/a	$66,082	+18.7%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
General Hospital Corporation	73	$88,899	+4.9%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	33	$92,539	+18.0%
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates	6	$81,579	+14.2%
McLean Hospital	6	$95,000	+13.2%
GlaxoSmithKline LLC	2	$119,810	+44.6%
Lieber Institute Inc.	2	$161,158	+42.3%
AI Proteins, Inc.	1	$110,000	+1.5%
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	1	$85,000	+19.0%
The Scripps Research Institute	1	$115,440	at the minimum

Showing the 9 employers with the most filings of 10. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Investigator jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Boston, MA	66	$89,217	+8.6%
Charlestown, MA	37	$85,000	+0.1%
Somerville, MA	10	$92,539	+4.1%
Belmont, MA	5	$95,000	+21.4%
Baltimore, MD	2	$161,158	+42.3%
Cambridge, MA	2	$93,500	+14.6%
Charelstown, MA	1	$79,040	at the minimum
Collegeville, PA	1	$97,500	+39.4%
La Jolla, CA	1	$115,440	at the minimum
North Brunswick, NJ	1	$142,120	+49.9%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry39%

Level II, qualified36%

Level III, experienced15%

Level IV, fully competent11%

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.
6 filings are 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.