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Offered wages

Northwestern University — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on Northwestern University's certified labor condition applications — 167 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
$70,288

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

167 disclosed positions

25th percentile
$64,132

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.

75th percentile
$82,031

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.

Occupations
38

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.

Northwestern University — offered wage distributionNorthwestern University: wage distribution across 167 disclosed positions, from $45k to $275k, median $70,288.median $70k$45k$275k

25th $64,132 · median $70,288 · 75th $82,031 · 167 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
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists36$64,000$67,857$72,143I 34 · II 2
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists22$62,917$68,750$78,750I 21 · II 1
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists13$64,063$71,875$78,750I 5 · II 3 · III 5
19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists13$62,031$64,063$81,250I 9 · III 4
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists10$71,250$87,500$97,500I 5 · II 4 · III 1
19-2031.00 · Chemists7$65,750$67,500$69,250I 6 · III 1
19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians7$49,375$63,750$67,083I 2 · II 5
19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists6$58,750$62,500$72,500I 5 · III 1
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary4$67,500$70,000$72,500I 4
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary3$228,750$232,500$246,250I 3
25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary3$118,750$132,500$161,250I 2 · II 1
15-1252.00 · Software Developers3$91,875$93,750$111,250I 2 · III 1
25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary3$53,750$72,500$236,250I 3
17-2141.00 · Mechanical Engineers3$63,750$66,250$68,125I 3
15-2041.00 · Statisticians3$61,875$63,750$76,250I 2 · II 1
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers3$61,875$63,750$66,250I 3
15-1251.00 · Computer Programmers2$91,250$92,500$93,750II 2
19-4061.00 · Social Science Research Assistants2$77,500$80,000$82,500IV 2
29-2011.00 · Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists2$72,500$75,000$102,500I 1 · IV 1
19-3011.00 · Economists2$71,250$72,500$73,750I 2
17-2199.07 · Photonics Engineers2$71,250$72,500$73,750I 2
17-2041.00 · Chemical Engineers2$67,500$70,000$77,500I 1 · III 1
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary1$266,250$267,500$268,750I 1
25-1112.00 · Law Teachers, Postsecondary1$216,250$217,500$218,750I 1
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary1$151,250$152,500$153,750II 1
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$136,250$137,500$138,750I 1
25-1067.00 · Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary1$121,250$122,500$123,750I 1
25-1052.00 · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary1$116,250$117,500$118,750II 1
25-1053.00 · Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$111,250$112,500$113,750II 1
13-1161.01 · Search Marketing Strategists1$91,250$92,500$93,750II 1
25-1126.00 · Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary1$91,250$92,500$93,750I 1
17-2131.00 · Materials Engineers1$76,250$77,500$78,750III 1
19-1022.00 · Microbiologists1$76,250$77,500$78,750III 1
19-2012.00 · Physicists1$76,250$77,500$78,750I 1
15-2041.01 · Biostatisticians1$76,250$77,500$78,750I 1
19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other1$71,250$72,500$73,750III 1
19-1029.04 · Biologists1$61,250$62,500$63,750I 1
19-4031.00 · Chemical Technicians1$61,250$62,500$63,750IV 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 Epidemiologists36 disclosed positions · 3 metros

Northwestern University — 19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — offered wage distributionNorthwestern University — 19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists: wage distribution across 36 disclosed positions, from $55k to $155k, median $67,857.median $68k$55k$155k

25th $64,000 · median $67,857 · 75th $72,143 · 36 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.

19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists22 disclosed positions · 2 metros

Northwestern University — 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists — offered wage distributionNorthwestern University — 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists: wage distribution across 22 disclosed positions, from $55k to $145k, median $68,750.median $69k$55k$145k

25th $62,917 · median $68,750 · 75th $78,750 · 22 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.

19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists13 disclosed positions · 2 metros

Northwestern University — 19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists — offered wage distributionNorthwestern University — 19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists: wage distribution across 13 disclosed positions, from $60k to $90k, median $71,875.median $72k$60k$90k

25th $64,063 · median $71,875 · 75th $78,750 · 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
Chicago, IL84$63,529$70,000$77,00017
Evanston, IL81$64,803$71,071$90,93831
Brooklyn, NY1$91,250$92,500$93,7501
San Diego, CA1$56,250$57,500$58,7501

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 I12373.7%
Level II2313.8%
Level III1710.2%
Level IV42.4%

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