Staff Scientist I H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 40 wage applications for Staff Scientist I jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 11 employers. The median offered wage was $82,000, 5.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. filed the most (11, median $95,000).

Filings: 40
Positions covered: 39
Employers: 11
Median offered: $82,000
Median prevailing wage: $73,570
Filings since FY2020: 184
Median offer change since FY2020: +20%

Staff Scientist I, all employers40 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$82,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$71,427 to $107,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$73,570Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Staff Scientist I jobs rose 20%, from $68,811 in fiscal 2020 to $82,450 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 36 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.

Staff Scientist I by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	29	$82,450	+12.9%	$73,570	+11.5%
2025	34	$73,000	+0.9%	$69,701	+1.6%
2024	26	$72,363	+7.0%	$69,888	+7.4%
2023	25	$67,621	no change	$63,149	+7.1%
2022	36	$67,621	+3.0%	$64,730	+4.8%
2021	14	$65,635	−4.6%	$61,880	+7.3%
2020	20	$68,811	n/a	$58,480	+13.6%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	11	$95,000	+14.0%
Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates	7	$67,153	+2.3%
Texas Biomedical Research Institute	5	$73,570	+0.7%
Children's National Medical Center	5	$95,000	+10.1%
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC	5	$108,368	+19.3%
Lieber Institute Inc.	2	$76,160	at the minimum
The Carle Foundation	1	$114,005	+100.3%
MaineHealth	1	$71,448	+28.1%
Vitalant	1	$82,450	+11.5%
Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc.	1	$65,250	at the minimum
SolidEnergy Systems, LLC	1	$151,674	at the minimum

Where Staff Scientist I jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Boston, MA	11	$95,000	+14.0%
Charleston, SC	7	$67,153	+2.3%
Newport News, VA	5	$108,368	+19.3%
San Antonio, TX	5	$73,570	+0.7%
Washington, DC	5	$95,000	+10.1%
Baltimore, MD	2	$76,160	at the minimum
Madison, WI	1	$65,250	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	1	$82,450	+11.5%
Scarborough, ME	1	$71,448	+28.1%
Urbana, IL	1	$114,005	+100.3%
Woburn, MA	1	$151,674	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry42%

Level II, qualified39%

Level III, experienced8%

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.
2 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.