Simons Foundation — 170 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 6
- Filings · FY2025
- $115k
- Median base · FY2025
- Flatiron Research Fellow
- Top role · 88 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 170 all-time
Simons Foundation filed 6 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 25% from the year before), with a median base salary of $115k and the middle 50% of offers between $95k and $256k. That is 22% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 170 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Flatiron Research Fellow in New York.
How much does Simons 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. $115k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Simons Foundation's H-1B hiring changed by year?
10 certified filings in FY2016 → 1 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1 | −83% | $164k |
| FY2025 | 6 | −25% | $115k |
| FY2024 | 8 | −65% | $100k |
| FY2023 | 23 | +28% | $97k |
| FY2022 | 18 | +38% | $87k |
| FY2021 | 13 | −28% | $91k |
| FY2020 | 18 | −36% | $120k |
| FY2019 | 28 | +8% | $86k |
| FY2018 | 26 | +37% | $86k |
| FY2017 | 19 | +90% | $125k |
| FY2016 | 10 | — | $85k |
Which wage levels does Simons Foundation file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 34% of Simons 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 154 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I52.6%81
- Level II13.6%21
- Level III16.9%26
- Level IV16.9%26
What jobs does Simons Foundation sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Simons Foundation's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Flatiron Research Fellow | 88 | $87k |
| Research Scientist | 14 | $148k |
| Associate Research Scientist | 11 | $140k |
| Research Data Analyst | 7 | $85k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | $164k |
| Senior Research Scientist | 5 | $300k |
| Distinguished Research Scientist | 5 | $580k |
| Software Engineer | 4 | $135k |
| Associate Data Scientist | 3 | $138k |
| Director for the Center of Computational Quantum Physics | 3 | $655k |
Where does Simons 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 170 | $93k |
What has Simons Foundation filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 170 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Simons Foundation's H-1B filings
- How much does Simons Foundation pay H-1B workers?
- Simons Foundation's median certified H-1B base salary is $115k (FY2025), from 6 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Simons Foundation sponsor?
- Simons Foundation has 170 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Simons Foundation sponsor for H-1B?
- Simons Foundation's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Flatiron Research Fellow, Research Scientist, Associate Research Scientist, Research Data Analyst.
- Where does Simons Foundation hire H-1B workers?
- Simons Foundation's top H-1B worksite states are NY.
- 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 →