Employer profile
Harvard University
1,438 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
189
FY2025 median
$82k
Top role
Research Fellow
336 filings · all-time
Top state
MA
1,430 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Harvard University pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Harvard University hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 27▼ 86% | $76k |
| FY2025 | 189▲ 7% | $82k |
| FY2024 | 177▲ 33% | $81k |
| FY2023 | 133▲ 5% | $78k |
| FY2022 | 127▲ 15% | $68k |
| FY2021 | 110▲ 3% | $65k |
| FY2020 | 107▼ 49% | $70k |
| FY2019 | 209▲ 53% | $62k |
| FY2018 | 137▲ 6% | $60k |
| FY2017 | 129▲ 39% | $59k |
| FY2016 | 93— | $56k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
1339%
Lvl I
88762%
Lvl II
28920%
Lvl III
715%
Lvl IV
584%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Research Fellow | 336 | $61k |
| Research Associate | 297 | $75k |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 252 | $61k |
| Assistant Professor | 178 | $135k |
| Instructor | 46 | $110k |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 41 | $65k |
| Preceptor | 30 | $70k |
| Lecturer | 28 | $86k |
| Research Scientist | 24 | $100k |
| Professor | 19 | $275k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| MA | 1,430 | $73k |
| CA | 7 | $90k |
| NY | 1 | $104k |