Harvard University H-1B Salaries 2026

171 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for full-time roles at Harvard University, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Median offered salary $77,500.

$77,500Median salary

$74,30625th percentile

$95,20075th percentile

171Filings

Harvard University H-1B salaries by job title

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Research Associate	39	$82,246	$74,992 – $88,346
Research Fellow	33	$76,000	$76,000 – $77,500
Postdoctoral Fellow	33	$72,000	$70,304 – $75,000
Assistant Professor	17	$140,000	$125,000 – $225,000
Postdoctoral Research Fellow	14	$70,020	$68,667 – $75,000
Lecturer	5	$109,000	$104,428 – $109,273
Research Scientist	5	$100,000	$90,501 – $112,476
Growth Lab Research Fellow	3	$89,610	$87,035 – $89,610
Language Instructor	2	$65,940	$65,940 – $65,940
Professor and Chair	1	$317,800	$317,800 – $317,800
Professor	1	$288,400	$288,400 – $288,400
Preceptor in Japanese	1	$77,220	$77,220 – $77,220
Software Developer	1	$103,000	$103,000 – $103,000
Instructional Design Lead	1	$76,400	$76,400 – $76,400
Senior Research Scientist	1	$180,000	$180,000 – $180,000

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Boston, MA	81	$77,500
Cambridge, MA	77	$79,052
Allston, MA	10	$77,500
Tracy, CA	1	$146,754
Palo Alto, CA	1	$104,104
Roslindale, MA	1	$83,000

Wage levels

Level I71% · 122

Level II23% · 40

Level III4% · 6

Level IV2% · 3

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).

Median prevailing wage on these filings: $65,940.

Recent Harvard University H-1B filings

Latest 100 of 171 filings by decision date. Salary is the offered wage rate (annualised); "to" shows the top of a range when given.

Certified	Start	Job title	Location	Salary	Level
2026-06-30	2026-09-21	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$74,000	I
2026-06-29	2026-09-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$77,500	I
2026-06-24	2026-12-15	Postdoctoral Fellow	Boston, MA	$77,500	I
2026-06-24	2026-12-15	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-06-23	2026-09-20	Wyss Technology Development Research Associate in Bioenginee	Cambridge, MA	$101,479	II
2026-06-23	2026-09-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$74,000	I
2026-06-22	2026-10-18	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$91,518	I
2026-06-17	2026-09-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-06-17	2026-10-01	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-06-16	2026-10-25	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$70,304	I
2026-06-16	2026-09-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$70,304	I
2026-06-16	2026-09-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$70,000	I
2026-06-12	2026-07-30	Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$90,501	III
2026-06-11	2026-08-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$75,130	II
2026-06-11	2026-07-12	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$74,984	I
2026-06-09	2026-07-01	Lecturer/Dir. for CITE	Boston, MA	$150,000	IV
2026-06-05	2026-09-15	Research Associate	Allston, MA	$75,000	I
2026-06-05	2026-07-01	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$101,000	II
2026-06-03	2026-09-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$91,000	I
2026-06-01	2026-07-01	Assistant Professor	Boston, MA	$131,240	II
2026-06-01	2026-07-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$82,000	II
2026-05-29	2026-08-01	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-05-29	2026-09-05	Research Associate	Allston, MA	$80,000	I
2026-05-29	2026-11-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$72,800	I
2026-05-21	2026-07-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$77,500	I
2026-05-20	2026-07-10	Postdoctoral Fellow	Allston, MA	$71,381	I
2026-05-15	2026-07-20	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-05-14	2026-07-01	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$103,000	II
2026-05-14	2026-09-01	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$80,983	I
2026-05-14	2026-07-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$70,000	I
2026-05-13	2026-06-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$68,223	I
2026-05-12	2026-07-01	Lecturer	Cambridge, MA	$104,428	I
2026-05-11	2026-10-01	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$85,696	II
2026-05-11	2026-06-07	Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$100,000	II
2026-05-11	2026-07-01	Assistant Professor	Boston, MA	$131,240	II
2026-05-07	2026-08-31	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$72,800	I
2026-05-06	2026-07-01	Instructor	Boston, MA	$106,884	II
2026-05-06	2026-07-01	Senior Lecturer	Boston, MA	$307,778	I
2026-05-06	2026-09-02	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-05-05	2026-06-30	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$79,052	II
2026-05-04	2026-09-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$74,000	I
2026-04-30	2026-07-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$95,000	I
2026-04-30	2026-10-15	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-04-30	2026-07-13	Postdoctoral Fellow	Allston, MA	$70,304	I
2026-04-30	2026-07-13	Postdoctoral Fellow	Allston, MA	$70,304	I
2026-04-27	2026-06-20	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$67,600	I
2026-04-27	2026-09-04	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-04-21	2026-07-17	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$67,600	I
2026-04-21	2026-07-10	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$91,000	I
2026-04-15	2026-09-01	Research Associate/ Lecturer	Boston, MA	$95,500	II
2026-04-15	2026-07-27	Benjamin Pierce Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$94,400	I
2026-04-14	2026-06-01	Independent Research Associate	Boston, MA	$90,000	III
2026-04-09	2026-08-01	Assistant Professor	Boston, MA	$325,000	I
2026-04-03	2026-07-15	Lecturer	Boston, MA	$131,840	III
2026-04-03	2026-07-01	Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Civilizations	Cambridge, MA	$133,577	III
2026-03-27	2026-08-01	Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$104,000	I
2026-03-26	2026-07-01	Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$89,999	II
2026-03-26	2026-08-15	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$69,805	I
2026-03-26	2026-07-01	Assistant Professor	Boston, MA	$325,000	I
2026-03-26	2026-08-01	Preceptor	Cambridge, MA	$77,200	I
2026-03-26	2026-06-15	Language Instructor	Cambridge, MA	$65,940	I
2026-03-26	2026-09-15	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-03-19	2026-08-10	Assistant Professor	Allston, MA	$160,000	II
2026-03-19	2026-07-01	Assistant Professor	Allston, MA	$140,000	II
2026-03-18	2026-06-23	Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$104,000	I
2026-03-18	2026-08-16	Interim Senior Preceptor	Cambridge, MA	$86,300	I
2026-03-16	2026-04-01	Senior Research Scientist	Boston, MA	$180,000	IV
2026-03-12	2026-08-02	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$72,500	I
2026-03-09	2026-03-31	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$77,500	I
2026-02-26	2026-04-15	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$85,000	II
2026-02-26	2026-07-01	Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$104,000	I
2026-02-26	2026-05-20	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$77,500	I
2026-02-24	2026-08-16	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$72,000	I
2026-02-23	2026-03-03	Software Developer II	Cambridge, MA	$103,000 to $120,000	II
2026-02-23	2026-03-03	Instructional Design Lead	Cambridge, MA	$76,400 to $130,000	II
2026-02-23	2026-06-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$74,294	I
2026-02-23	2026-06-05	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$68,223	I
2026-02-23	2026-03-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$71,000	I
2026-02-23	2026-08-01	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$97,850	II
2026-02-19	2026-08-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$70,304	I
2026-02-13	2026-07-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$70,112	I
2026-02-12	2026-07-28	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$84,750	I
2026-02-12	2026-03-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$70,000	I
2026-02-12	2026-05-22	Postdoctoral Fellow	Cambridge, MA	$70,304	I
2026-02-10	2026-06-06	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$81,149	I
2026-02-10	2026-08-01	Preceptor in Japanese	Cambridge, MA	$77,220	I
2026-02-05	2026-02-01	Research Associate	Boston, MA	$92,238	II
2026-02-04	2026-06-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$65,419	I
2026-02-02	2026-07-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$85,838	II
2026-01-29	2026-07-01	Professor	Cambridge, MA	$288,400	III
2026-01-28	2026-07-01	Lecturer	Cambridge, MA	$109,273	II
2026-01-28	2026-07-01	Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$76,000	I
2026-01-26	2026-05-01	Postdoctoral Fellow	Boston, MA	$78,786	I
2026-01-21	2026-07-01	Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$125,000	I
2026-01-16	2026-05-28	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$88,713	II
2026-01-12	2026-07-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$75,130	II
2026-01-12	2026-03-01	Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$112,476	II
2025-12-30	2026-04-01	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Boston, MA	$70,000	I
2025-12-30	2026-04-07	Research Associate	Palo Alto, CA	$104,104	II
2025-12-23	2026-02-01	Research Associate	Cambridge, MA	$74,318	I

Employer names as filed: Harvard University. Name variants that differ only in case, punctuation or legal suffix (LLC, Inc., Corp.) are merged. Separate legal entities are listed separately. These are wages offered on certified LCAs, not actual pay.