Offered wages

Columbia University — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on Columbia University's certified labor condition applications — 154 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.

Full filing record

Median offered wage: $81,719
25th percentile: $76,284
75th percentile: $105,500
Occupations: 46

All disclosed wages

The whole distribution, every occupation together. The dashed line is the median, derived from these bands.

25th $76,284 · median $81,719 · 75th $105,500 · 154 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

By occupation

Each SOC code the employer filed under, with its own percentiles derived from its own bands.

Percentiles are computed per occupation from that occupation's bands. They do not average to the figure above, and they are not supposed to — the all-occupations figure is the summed distribution, not the mean of these rows.
Occupation (SOC)	Disclosed positions	25th	Median	75th	Prevailing wage level
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	64	$76,591	$80,278	$84,722	I 2 · II 7 · III 3 · Not stated 52
19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists	10	$76,875	$80,000	$111,250	Not stated 10
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$126,250	$152,500	$403,750	II 5
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists	5	$82,083	$84,167	$91,875	II 2 · Not stated 3
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$80,417	$82,500	$84,583	I 5
19-2012.00 · Physicists	4	$72,500	$75,000	$80,000	I 1 · Not stated 3
19-2031.00 · Chemists	4	$72,500	$75,000	$80,000	III 1 · Not stated 3
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$133,750	$177,500	$401,250	III 1 · IV 2
19-2011.00 · Astronomers	3	$76,875	$78,750	$91,250	Not stated 3
15-2041.01 · Biostatisticians	3	$71,875	$73,750	$81,250	I 3
29-1212.00 · Cardiologists	2	$242,500	$245,000	$292,500	II 2
25-1053.00 · Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$186,250	$187,500	$188,750	II 2
25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$127,500	$130,000	$142,500	II 2
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$112,500	$115,000	$122,500	I 1 · II 1
29-1249.00 · Surgeons, All Other	2	$97,500	$100,000	$152,500	I 1 · III 1
29-2011.00 · Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	2	$77,500	$80,000	$117,500	III 1 · IV 1
19-2041.00 · Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	2	$77,500	$80,000	$97,500	II 1 · Not stated 1
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	2	$77,500	$80,000	$82,500	II 1 · Not stated 1
19-3092.00 · Geographers	2	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	II 1 · Not stated 1
19-2021.00 · Atmospheric and Space Scientists	2	$67,500	$70,000	$82,500	I 1 · Not stated 1
19-1041.00 · Epidemiologists	2	$67,500	$70,000	$77,500	I 2
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists	2	$62,500	$65,000	$72,500	I 2
29-1218.00 · Obstetricians and Gynecologists	1	$376,250	$377,500	$378,750	II 1
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$261,250	$262,500	$263,750	II 1
29-1229.05 · Preventive Medicine Physicians	1	$196,250	$197,500	$198,750	III 1
29-1221.00 · Pediatricians, General	1	$181,250	$182,500	$183,750	II 1
29-1216.00 · General Internal Medicine Physicians	1	$141,250	$142,500	$143,750	II 1
27-3031.00 · Public Relations Specialists	1	$136,250	$137,500	$138,750	IV 1
19-3033.00 · Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	II 1
13-2031.00 · Budget Analysts	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	IV 1
15-1218.00 · Computer Systems Analysts, R&D	1	$106,250	$107,500	$108,750	III 1
19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other	1	$106,250	$107,500	$108,750	III 1
21-1091.00 · Health Education Specialists	1	$106,250	$107,500	$108,750	Not stated 1
11-9121.00 · Natural Sciences Managers	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	II 1
19-2043.00 · Hydrologists	1	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	Not stated 1
19-3011.00 · Economists	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	Not stated 1
25-4022.00 · Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
15-2021.00 · Mathematicians	1	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	Not stated 1
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	Not stated 1
19-1013.00 · Soil and Plant Scientists	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	Not stated 1
17-2081.00 · Environmental Engineers	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	Not stated 1
19-1012.00 · Food Scientists and Technologists	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	Not stated 1
17-2144.00 · Mechanical Engineers, R&D	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	Not stated 1
19-4061.00 · Social Science Research Assistants	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
19-2099.00 · Physical Scientists, All Other	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	Not stated 1

Rows with fewer than 5 disclosed positions are shown because they are real filings, but a percentile over that few offers is an anecdote rather than a range. The disclosed-position column is there so you can tell which is which.

Largest occupations in detail

The same bands, drawn. Shape matters: two occupations with the same median can pay very differently at the edges.

19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists64 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $76,591 · median $80,278 · 75th $84,722 · 64 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists10 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $76,875 · median $80,000 · 75th $111,250 · 10 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary5 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $126,250 · median $152,500 · 75th $403,750 · 5 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

By metro area

The same wages cut by where the work is, from the metro half of each stored band key.

Only bands recorded against a named city and state appear here, so these rows can sum to less than the total above.
Metro area	Disclosed positions	25th	Median	75th	Occupations
New York, NY	149	$76,424	$81,855	$105,750	43
Palisades, NY	3	$68,750	$72,500	$76,250	3
Herndon, VA	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	1
Irvington, NY	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	1

Prevailing wage levels

Level I is entry, level IV is fully competent and independent. The level sets the legal floor the offered wage has to clear.

A level-heavy split toward I and II means the roles were filed as junior, whatever the job title says.
Level	Positions	Share
Level I	20	13.0%
Level II	31	20.1%
Level III	10	6.5%
Level IV	5	3.2%
Not stated	88	57.1%

Wages here are the OFFERED WAGE on the labor condition application — a commitment the employer made to the Department of Labor, not anyone’s actual compensation, and it excludes bonus and equity. Every percentile on this page is computed at render time from stored $5,000 band counts (154 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.