Human Rights Watch — 40 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $80k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Researcher
- Top role · 7 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 31 all-time
Human Rights Watch filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $80k and the middle 50% of offers between $80k and $155k. That is 37% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 40 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Researcher in New York.
How much does Human Rights Watch 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. $80k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Human Rights Watch's H-1B hiring changed by year?
4 certified filings in FY2016 → 2 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | −33% | $88k |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0% | $80k |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0% | $105k |
| FY2023 | 3 | −57% | $70k |
| FY2022 | 7 | +133% | $88k |
| FY2021 | 3 | −50% | $75k |
| FY2020 | 6 | +20% | $67k |
| FY2019 | 5 | +150% | $84k |
| FY2018 | 2 | 0% | $77k |
| FY2017 | 2 | −50% | $55k |
| FY2016 | 4 | — | $68k |
Which wage levels does Human Rights Watch file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 71% of Human Rights Watch'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 34 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II29.4%10
- Level III38.2%13
- Level IV32.4%11
What jobs does Human Rights Watch 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 Researcher | 7 | $84k |
| Researcher | 2 | $64k |
| Associate Director (Development and Outreach Department) | 2 | $95k |
| Researcher on Women and Land | 2 | $77k |
| Manager, Information Technology | 2 | $82k |
| Senior Media Desk Officer | 2 | $68k |
| Senior Manager | 1 | $83k |
| Senior Manager, Information Technology | 1 | $90k |
| Senior Researcher and Advocate | 1 | $87k |
| Senior Researcher and Advocate on Poverty and Inequality | 1 | $84k |
Where does Human Rights Watch 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 31 | $80k |
| DC | 6 | $88k |
| CA | 2 | $75k |
| IA | 1 | $96k |
What has Human Rights Watch filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Human Rights Watch: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Human Rights Watch's H-1B filings
- How much does Human Rights Watch pay H-1B workers?
- Human Rights Watch's median certified H-1B base salary is $80k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Human Rights Watch sponsor?
- Human Rights Watch has 40 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Human Rights Watch sponsor for H-1B?
- Human Rights Watch's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Researcher, Researcher, Associate Director (Development and Outreach Department), Researcher on Women and Land.
- Where does Human Rights Watch hire H-1B workers?
- Human Rights Watch's top H-1B worksite states are NY, DC, CA, IA.
- 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 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →