Gates Foundation — 13 certified H-1B filings (FY2025–FY2026)
- 7
- Filings · FY2025
- $255k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Officer, Advocacy
- Top role · 2 all-time
- WA
- Top state · 11 all-time
Gates Foundation filed 7 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $255k and the middle 50% of offers between $227k and $375k. Across all years it has 13 certified filings since FY2025, most often for Senior Officer, Advocacy in Washington.
How much does Gates Foundation pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $255k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Gates Foundation's H-1B hiring changed by year?
7 certified filings in FY2025 → 6 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 6 | −14% | $255k |
| FY2025 | 7 | — | $255k |
Which wage levels does Gates Foundation file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 85% of Gates Foundation's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 13 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II15.4%2
- Level III15.4%2
- Level IV69.2%9
What jobs does Gates Foundation sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Officer, Advocacy | 2 | $234k |
| Deputy Director, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls | 1 | $375k |
| Deputy Director, Nutrition Delivery | 1 | $327k |
| Director, Disease Research & Delivery | 1 | $401k |
| Director, Health Systems Research & Delivery | 1 | $421k |
| Fellow, Disease Modeling | 1 | $140k |
| Deputy Director, Advocacy | 1 | $255k |
| Senior Officer, Crops & Livestock Research & Development | 1 | $304k |
| Senior Officer, Digital Tools Delivery Enablement | 1 | $239k |
| Senior Officer, Economic Analysis | 1 | $234k |
Where does Gates Foundation hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| WA | 11 | $258k |
| DC | 2 | $234k |
What has Gates Foundation filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Gates Foundation: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Senior Officer, Advocacy | $234,000 |
| 2026 | Deputy Director, Nutrition Delivery | $326,720 |
| 2026 | Senior Officer, Digital Tools Delivery Enablement | $238,703 |
| 2026 | Senior Officer, Crops & Livestock Research & Development | $303,850 |
| 2026 | Deputy Director, Advocacy | $254,700 |
| 2026 | Director, Disease Research & Delivery | $400,900 |
| 2025 | Senior Officer, Health Product Research & Development | $254,700 |
| 2025 | Senior Officer, Economic Analysis | $234,225 |
| 2025 | Director, Health Systems Research & Delivery | $420,981 |
| 2025 | Senior Officer, Advocacy | $257,500 |
| 2025 | Fellow, Disease Modeling | $140,000 |
| 2025 | Deputy Director, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls | $375,000 |
| 2025 | Senior Officer, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Heal | $226,758 |
Common questions about Gates Foundation's H-1B filings
- How much does Gates Foundation pay H-1B workers?
- Gates Foundation's median certified H-1B base salary is $255k (FY2025), from 7 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Gates Foundation sponsor?
- Gates Foundation has 13 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2025–FY2026).
- What jobs does Gates Foundation sponsor for H-1B?
- Gates Foundation's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Officer, Advocacy, Deputy Director, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, Deputy Director, Nutrition Delivery, Director, Disease Research & Delivery.
- Where does Gates Foundation hire H-1B workers?
- Gates Foundation's top H-1B worksite states are WA, DC.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2025–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →