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Offered wages

The Pennsylvania State University — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on The Pennsylvania State University's certified labor condition applications — 107 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
$78,750

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

107 disclosed positions

25th percentile
$69,917

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.

75th percentile
$100,179

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.

Occupations
35

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.

The Pennsylvania State University — offered wage distributionThe Pennsylvania State University: wage distribution across 107 disclosed positions, from $45k to $360k, median $78,750.median $79k$45k$360k

25th $69,917 · median $78,750 · 75th $100,179 · 107 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
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary11$94,375$117,500$145,417I 11
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists10$68,125$71,250$74,375I 9 · II 1
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists9$68,750$73,750$77,917I 9
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary7$128,750$182,500$196,250I 5 · II 2
25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary7$74,375$83,750$103,125I 7
25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary5$95,625$98,750$118,750I 5
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary5$73,125$77,500$93,750I 5
25-1031.00 · Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary5$63,125$67,500$78,750I 4 · II 1
25-1041.00 · Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary4$95,000$97,500$100,000I 4
19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists4$65,000$70,000$75,000I 4
25-1066.00 · Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary3$63,750$82,500$101,250I 2 · II 1
25-1052.00 · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary3$63,750$72,500$176,250I 3
19-2012.00 · Physicists3$66,875$68,750$91,250I 3
19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists3$63,750$66,250$68,125I 3
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary2$92,500$95,000$167,500I 2
25-1122.00 · Communications Teachers, Postsecondary2$87,500$90,000$102,500I 2
25-1121.00 · Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary2$77,500$80,000$82,500I 2
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers2$71,250$72,500$73,750I 2
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists2$67,500$70,000$72,500I 2
25-1062.00 · Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary2$56,250$57,500$58,750I 2
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary2$46,250$47,500$48,750I 2
11-9033.00 · Education Administrators, Postsecondary1$346,250$347,500$348,750II 1
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary1$116,250$117,500$118,750I 1
25-1064.00 · Geography Teachers, Postsecondary1$91,250$92,500$93,750I 1
25-1051.00 · Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1$86,250$87,500$88,750I 1
25-1199.00 · Postsecondary Teachers, All Other1$86,250$87,500$88,750I 1
25-9031.00 · Instructional Coordinators1$81,250$82,500$83,750I 1
19-3041.00 · Sociologists1$76,250$77,500$78,750I 1
19-1012.00 · Food Scientists and Technologists1$71,250$72,500$73,750III 1
25-1065.00 · Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
25-1193.00 · Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
19-2099.01 · Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
19-2031.00 · Chemists1$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1
19-1013.00 · Soil and Plant Scientists1$61,250$62,500$63,750I 1
17-2131.00 · Materials Engineers1$61,250$62,500$63,750I 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.

25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary11 disclosed positions · 6 metros

The Pennsylvania State University — 25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary — offered wage distributionThe Pennsylvania State University — 25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary: wage distribution across 11 disclosed positions, from $80k to $150k, median $117,500.median $118k$80k$150k

25th $94,375 · median $117,500 · 75th $145,417 · 11 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 Biophysicists10 disclosed positions · 2 metros

The Pennsylvania State University — 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists — offered wage distributionThe Pennsylvania State University — 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists: wage distribution across 10 disclosed positions, from $65k to $80k, median $71,250.median $71k$65k$80k

25th $68,125 · median $71,250 · 75th $74,375 · 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.

19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists9 disclosed positions · 1 metro

The Pennsylvania State University — 19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — offered wage distributionThe Pennsylvania State University — 19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists: wage distribution across 9 disclosed positions, from $65k to $85k, median $73,750.median $74k$65k$85k

25th $68,750 · median $73,750 · 75th $77,917 · 9 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
University Park, PA71$68,068$80,833$102,32129
Hershey, PA19$70,469$73,438$77,8135
Middletown, PA6$81,875$83,750$127,5004
Erie, PA2$72,500$75,000$92,5002
Media, PA2$107,500$110,000$137,5001
Abington, PA1$91,250$92,500$93,7501
Altoona, PA1$71,250$72,500$73,7501
Center Valley, PA1$91,250$92,500$93,7501
Chesterfield, MO1$71,250$72,500$73,7501
Raleigh, NC1$66,250$67,500$68,7501
State College, PA1$146,250$147,500$148,7501
Union City, CA1$76,250$77,500$78,7501

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 I10093.5%
Level II65.6%
Level III10.9%

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