National Institutes of Health, HHS H-1B Salaries 2026

143 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for full-time roles at National Institutes of Health, HHS, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Median offered salary $110,575.

$110,575Median salary

$100,72325th percentile

$123,81875th percentile

143Filings

National Institutes of Health, HHS H-1B salaries by job title

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Research Fellow	83	$102,415	$96,254 – $109,519
Staff Scientist	40	$125,615	$121,816 – $132,648
Clinical Fellow	15	$110,575	$102,779 – $112,517
Investigator Tenure Track	3	$170,229	$162,363 – $171,452
Staff Clinician	2	$192,600	$190,300 – $194,900

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Bethesda, MD	126	$111,371
Rockville, MD	8	$101,056
Research Triangle Park, NC	4	$90,354
Baltimore, MD	2	$106,006
Hamilton, MT	2	$145,987
Frederick, MD	1	$115,269

Wage levels

Level I44% · 37

Level II37% · 31

Level III5% · 4

Level IV14% · 12

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

Median prevailing wage on these filings: $65,640.

Recent National Institutes of Health, HHS H-1B filings

Latest 100 of 143 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	2026-09-06	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$121,785	II
2026-06-23	2026-07-31	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$85,807	I
2026-06-23	2026-12-01	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,464	I
2026-06-22	2026-09-10	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$125,777	II
2026-06-22	2026-10-25	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$135,919	II
2026-06-16	2026-10-22	Investigator Tenure Track	Bethesda, MD	$154,497	IV
2026-06-15	2026-06-30	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$100,590	I
2026-06-12	2026-08-09	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$102,415	I
2026-06-08	2026-08-06	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$105,354	I
2026-06-08	2026-08-23	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$121,785	II
2026-06-08	2026-09-22	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$90,088	I
2026-06-03	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$110,575 to $176,200	I
2026-05-29	2026-06-20	Staff Clinician	Bethesda, MD	$188,000	II
2026-05-28	2026-08-25	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$92,889	I
2026-05-28	2026-08-13	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,465	I
2026-05-26	2026-07-02	Staff Scientist	Hamilton, MT	$121,745	II
2026-05-20	2026-10-22	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$173,003	II
2026-05-19	2026-08-31	Research Fellow	Research Triangle Park, NC	$91,308	I
2026-05-19	2026-09-24	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$124,220	IV
2026-05-18	2026-10-12	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$127,349	II
2026-05-12	2026-07-14	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$121,785	IV
2026-05-12	2026-09-11	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$108,600	I
2026-05-08	2026-08-28	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$99,736	I
2026-05-07	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$108,992	I
2026-05-07	2026-08-13	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$124,220	II
2026-05-07	2026-06-02	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$156,470	II
2026-05-05	2026-05-31	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$121,785	II
2026-04-30	2026-10-16	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$101,351	I
2026-04-30	2026-09-08	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,608	I
2026-04-30	2026-08-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$112,517 to $178,142	I
2026-04-30	2026-05-17	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$123,416 to $189,041	I
2026-04-29	2026-07-14	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$121,826	II
2026-04-29	2026-08-18	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$124,220	II
2026-04-29	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$112,517 to $178,142	I
2026-04-28	2026-08-27	Research Fellow	Rockville, MD	$115,303	I
2026-04-20	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$112,517 to $178,142	I
2026-04-20	2026-08-14	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$155,386	II
2026-04-15	2026-07-02	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$147,496	II
2026-04-09	2026-08-25	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$103,242	I
2026-04-08	2026-06-02	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$129,092	II
2026-04-07	2026-05-30	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,465	I
2026-04-07	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$88,105 to $153,730	I
2026-04-01	2026-05-06	Research Fellow	Frederick, MD	$115,269	I
2026-03-31	2026-05-03	Research Fellow	Rockville, MD	$97,500	I
2026-03-25	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$127,000 to $192,625	I
2026-03-25	2026-08-06	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$111,745	I
2026-03-25	2026-06-20	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$215,543	IV
2026-03-24	2026-07-31	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$102,779	II
2026-03-23	2026-09-08	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,464	I
2026-03-20	2026-05-07	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$92,169	III
2026-03-19	2026-08-15	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$94,125 to $96,968	I
2026-03-19	2026-08-09	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$196,605	II
2026-03-19	2026-07-16	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$94,264	I
2026-03-19	2026-07-18	Staff Clinician	Bethesda, MD	$197,200	II
2026-03-19	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$102,779	I
2026-03-17	2026-07-28	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$126,368	II
2026-03-17	2026-05-17	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$102,415	I
2026-03-17	2026-08-11	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$132,793	I
2026-03-17	2026-08-11	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$102,450	I
2026-03-17	2026-06-28	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$121,785	II
2026-03-16	2026-07-14	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$88,458	I
2026-03-13	2026-04-09	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$96,198	I
2026-03-04	2026-05-05	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$109,838
2026-03-04	2026-03-12	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$85,068
2026-03-04	2026-06-01	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$122,858	IV
2026-03-04	2026-03-24	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$98,192
2026-03-03	2026-07-15	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$126,276
2026-02-26	2026-06-05	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$120,851
2026-02-25	2026-05-07	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$93,661
2026-02-25	2026-07-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$118,531 to $184,156
2026-02-25	2026-06-20	Research Fellow	Rockville, MD	$109,112
2026-02-23	2026-03-08	Research Fellow	Rockville, MD	$97,500
2026-02-20	2026-05-29	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$119,942
2026-02-17	2026-03-26	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$124,223	II
2026-02-11	2026-05-05	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$113,457
2026-02-10	2026-03-01	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$80,492 to $119,597
2026-02-02	2026-04-03	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$110,878
2026-01-30	2026-03-01	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$77,891
2026-01-30	2026-04-12	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$102,183
2026-01-28	2026-05-19	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$100,661
2026-01-27	2026-03-29	Investigator Tenure Track	Hamilton, MT	$170,229	IV
2026-01-27	2026-06-02	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$100,785
2026-01-26	2026-02-23	Clinical Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,761 to $170,386
2026-01-22	2026-03-10	Research Fellow	Research Triangle Park, NC	$90,354
2026-01-22	2026-03-26	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$101,566
2026-01-15	2026-04-21	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$103,843
2026-01-14	2026-06-10	Investigator Tenure Track	Bethesda, MD	$172,676	IV
2026-01-13	2026-06-02	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$112,442
2026-01-12	2026-02-12	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$91,750
2026-01-12	2026-07-06	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$104,419
2026-01-08	2026-05-18	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$122,993	IV
2026-01-08	2026-01-20	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$126,487	II
2026-01-08	2026-02-14	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$132,953
2026-01-06	2026-05-19	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$120,579	II
2025-12-26	2026-04-23	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$113,506
2025-12-26	2026-02-13	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$89,128
2025-12-26	2026-03-19	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$103,342
2025-12-26	2026-01-11	Staff Scientist	Bethesda, MD	$120,579	II
2025-12-24	2026-01-16	Research Fellow	Bethesda, MD	$97,891
2025-12-22	2026-06-16	Research Fellow	Research Triangle Park, NC	$90,354

Employer names as filed: National Institutes of Health, HHS. 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.