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Offered wages

Harvard University — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on Harvard University's certified labor condition applications — 174 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
$81,818

Interpolated inside a $5,000 band, so it reads as a point in a range rather than a salary anyone was paid.

174 disclosed positions

25th percentile
$73,145

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.

75th percentile
$118,500

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.

Occupations
45

Distinct SOC codes with at least one disclosed wage.

All disclosed wages

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

Harvard University — offered wage distributionHarvard University: wage distribution across 174 disclosed positions, from $50k to $365k, median $81,818.median $82k$50k$365k

25th $73,145 · median $81,818 · 75th $118,500 · 174 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 positions25thMedian75thPrevailing wage level
19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other28$73,750$77,308$80,000I 14 · II 13 · III 1
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary15$303,750$318,125$335,625I 15
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary13$71,563$76,250$88,750I 13
19-2012.00 · Physicists10$70,357$72,143$73,929I 10
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary8$75,000$87,500$95,000I 2 · II 5 · III 1
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists8$77,500$85,000$95,000I 5 · II 2 · III 1
19-1041.00 · Epidemiologists8$67,500$72,500$105,000I 5 · II 2 · III 1
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary7$143,750$311,250$315,625I 2 · III 1 · IV 4
25-1065.00 · Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary5$125,625$128,750$138,750I 5
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists5$81,250$97,500$116,875I 4 · II 1
19-2031.00 · Chemists5$71,250$76,250$79,375I 4 · II 1
19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists5$70,625$73,750$76,875I 5
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary4$197,500$200,000$227,500I 4
19-1022.00 · Microbiologists4$65,000$72,500$75,000I 4
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers4$66,667$68,333$70,000I 4
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary3$141,875$143,750$161,250II 3
25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary3$81,875$83,750$156,250I 2 · II 1
19-1029.03 · Geneticists3$76,875$78,750$81,250I 3
21-1091.00 · Health Education Specialists2$152,500$155,000$182,500III 1 · IV 1
25-1125.00 · History Teachers, Postsecondary2$117,500$120,000$287,500I 1 · III 1
25-1031.00 · Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary2$112,500$115,000$117,500I 2
19-3011.00 · Economists2$86,250$87,500$88,750I 2
19-2042.00 · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers2$76,250$77,500$78,750II 2
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists2$72,500$75,000$97,500I 2
15-2041.01 · Biostatisticians2$72,500$75,000$77,500I 2
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists2$67,500$70,000$87,500I 2
19-2099.00 · Physical Scientists, All Other2$62,500$65,000$72,500I 1 · II 1
25-1052.00 · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary1$156,250$157,500$158,750III 1
25-1054.00 · Physics Teachers, Postsecondary1$131,250$132,500$133,750I 1
11-3021.00 · Computer and Information Systems Managers1$121,250$122,500$123,750I 1
25-1123.00 · English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary1$116,250$117,500$118,750II 1
25-1081.00 · Education Teachers, Postsecondary1$106,250$107,500$108,750II 1
19-3011.01 · Environmental Economists1$101,250$102,500$103,750II 1
25-1062.00 · Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary1$101,250$102,500$103,750I 1
15-1252.00 · Software Developers1$101,250$102,500$103,750II 1
25-1121.00 · Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary1$101,250$102,500$103,750I 1
17-2199.09 · Nanosystems Engineers1$96,250$97,500$98,750II 1
19-5011.00 · Occupational Health and Safety Specialists1$96,250$97,500$98,750III 1
19-2011.00 · Astronomers1$76,250$77,500$78,750I 1
25-9031.00 · Instructional Coordinators1$76,250$77,500$78,750II 1
19-1029.04 · Biologists1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
19-3039.00 · Psychologists, All Other1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
19-1023.00 · Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists1$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1
15-2021.00 · Mathematicians1$66,250$67,500$68,750II 1
19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists1$51,250$52,500$53,750I 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.

19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other28 disclosed positions · 2 metros

Harvard University — 19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other — offered wage distributionHarvard University — 19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other: wage distribution across 28 disclosed positions, from $65k to $105k, median $77,308.median $77k$65k$105k

25th $73,750 · median $77,308 · 75th $80,000 · 28 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.

25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary15 disclosed positions · 1 metro

Harvard University — 25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary — offered wage distributionHarvard University — 25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary: wage distribution across 15 disclosed positions, from $295k to $360k, median $318,125.median $318k$295k$360k

25th $303,750 · median $318,125 · 75th $335,625 · 15 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.

25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary13 disclosed positions · 1 metro

Harvard University — 25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary — offered wage distributionHarvard University — 25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary: wage distribution across 13 disclosed positions, from $65k to $110k, median $76,250.median $76k$65k$110k

25th $71,563 · median $76,250 · 75th $88,750 · 13 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 areaDisclosed positions25thMedian75thOccupations
Boston, MA92$75,000$81,429$145,00016
Cambridge, MA76$71,389$79,286$105,00032
Allston, MA3$141,875$143,750$161,2501
Medfield, MA1$96,250$97,500$98,7501
Palo Alto, CA1$101,250$102,500$103,7501
Tracy, CA1$146,250$147,500$148,7501

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.
LevelPositionsShare
Level I12270.1%
Level II3821.8%
Level III95.2%
Level IV52.9%

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 (174 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.