H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

PROJECT SCIENTIST

Occupation profile for PROJECT SCIENTIST covers 140 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $80,404.

FY2026 certified median
$80,404
Total filings
140
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$70,886–$99,736
Top employer
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202449$77,400$69,160$93,575
FY202547$84,989$77,616$93,626
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)44$80,404$70,886$99,736

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, PROJECT SCIENTISTFY2024 $77,400; FY2025 $84,989; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $80,404$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$77,400FY2025$84,989FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$80,404Certified median offer, PROJECT SCIENTISTFY2024 $77,400; FY2025 $84,989; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $80,404$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$77,400FY2025$84,989FY2026*$80,404
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center55 filings
  2. University of California at Santa Barbara24 filings
  3. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab14 filings
  4. Carnegie Mellon University11 filings
  5. Theiss Research10 filings
  6. University of California, Los Angeles5 filings
  7. Satelytics Inc.3 filings
  8. The Jackson Laboratory3 filings
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE3 filings
  10. Cleveland Clinic Foundation2 filings

Top cities

  1. Los Angeles52 filings
  2. Santa Barbara24 filings
  3. Menlo Park13 filings
  4. Gaithersburg10 filings
  5. Pittsburgh10 filings
  6. Beverly Hills3 filings
  7. Irvine3 filings
  8. West Hollywood3 filings
  9. Perrysburg3 filings
  10. Davis2 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · PROJECT SCIENTIST55 filings
  2. University of California at Santa Barbara · PROJECT SCIENTIST24 filings
  3. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab · PROJECT SCIENTIST14 filings
  4. Carnegie Mellon University · PROJECT SCIENTIST11 filings
  5. Theiss Research · PROJECT SCIENTIST10 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-1029$68,806$86,861$104,915$122,970
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-1042$91,312$111,488$131,664$151,840
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-1021$91,582$115,357$139,152$162,926
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2012$140,650$171,142$201,635$232,128
2026-27Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CAArea 4220019-1021$85,738$109,845$133,952$158,059
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790019-2012$114,254$141,814$169,395$196,955
2026-27Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CAArea 4220019-2041$70,658$88,400$106,163$123,906
2026-27Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CAArea 4220019-4021$49,400$58,011$66,643$75,254
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-4021$49,150$60,070$71,011$81,931
2026-27Pittsburgh, PAArea 3830015-1221$101,608$119,683$137,758$155,834