H-1B sponsor profile

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications · trailing 12 months

Median base salary

$83,513

▲ +3% YoY

Average salary

$89,360

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

131

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I75.3% of LCAs

Level II11184.7% of LCAs

Level III107.6% of LCAs

Level IV32.3% of LCAs

Top occupations

Biological Scientists, All Other
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Software Developers
Soil and Plant Scientists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Top worksite metros

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 131 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$74,000

P25$78,786

Median$83,513

P75$90,000

P90$110,000

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute salaries by job title

Howard Hughes Medical Institute's pay for each job title compared with the median of all H-1B sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation. Tap a row for the full range and competing sponsors.

Job title	LCAs	Howard Hughes Medical Institute median	All sponsors	vs all
Postdoctoral Scientist SOC 1/2 SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	40	$80,100	$80,000	+0.1%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Postdoctoral Scientist (40 LCAs) P10$72,430 P25$76,316 Median$80,100 P75$83,513 P90$85,391 Wage levels: I 5 · II 35 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $74,000 · median $80,000 · P75 $83,000 (45 LCAs) Postdoctoral Scientist at all sponsors →
Postdoctoral Scientist SOC 2/2 SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	36	$80,584	$78,786	+2.3%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Postdoctoral Scientist (36 LCAs) P10$76,246 P25$78,000 Median$80,584 P75$83,513 P90$87,860 Wage levels: I 2 · II 33 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $76,123 · median $78,786 · P75 $83,513 (46 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Postdoctoral Scientist Cedars Sinai Medical Center $70,886 (7) Postdoctoral Scientist at all sponsors →
Research Specialist SOC 1/2 SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	19	$85,385	$77,250	+10.5%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Research Specialist (19 LCAs) P10$72,771 P25$80,058 Median$85,385 P75$96,500 P90$107,680 Wage levels: I 0 · II 16 · III 3 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $68,836 · median $77,250 · P75 $89,220 (40 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Research Specialist Johns Hopkins University $70,000 (5) Research Specialist at all sponsors →
Research Specialist SOC 2/2 SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	15	$88,305	$86,940	+1.6%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Research Specialist (15 LCAs) P10$80,842 P25$85,262 Median$88,305 P75$94,090 P90$110,037 Wage levels: I 0 · II 12 · III 3 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $80,000 · median $86,940 · P75 $91,389 (21 LCAs) Research Specialist at all sponsors →

Titles need 5+ filings at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. “All sponsors” is the median for the same title and SOC across every sponsor, including Howard Hughes Medical Institute; “only sponsor” means no other employer filed it.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Howard Hughes Medical Institute sponsors, compared with the BLS national median for all U.S. workers. Tap a row for wage levels, job titles and what competing sponsors pay.

Occupation	LCAs	Howard Hughes Medical Institute median	BLS median	vs BLS
Biological Scientists, All Other SOC 19-1029	66	$83,513	$98,920	-15.6%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute pay range · Biological Scientists, All Other P10$75,065 P25$78,000 Median$83,513 P75$90,000 P90$112,144 By H-1B wage level Level I—2 LCAs · 3% Level II$82,60055 LCAs · 83% Level III—7 LCAs · 11% Level IV—2 LCAs · 3% Job titles filed under this SOC Postdoctoral Scientist36 LCAs · median $80,584 · +2.3% vs all sponsors Research Specialist19 LCAs · median $85,385 · +10.5% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Biological Scientists, All Other All-sponsor median $83,513 · average excluding Howard Hughes Medical Institute $93,628 Dana Farber Cancer Institute $76,000 (109) Zifo $79,500 (103) The Leland Stanford Jr University $83,000 (94) University Of Michigan $67,158 (70) Pay vs BLS national median 0.84× Howard Hughes Medical Institute $83,513 vs BLS $98,920 Where Howard Hughes Medical Institute's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Biological Scientists, All Other occupation profile →
Biochemists and Biophysicists SOC 19-1021	56	$81,292	$127,410	-36.2%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute pay range · Biochemists and Biophysicists P10$72,734 P25$78,786 Median$81,292 P75$86,955 P90$92,740 By H-1B wage level Level I—5 LCAs · 9% Level II$81,67848 LCAs · 86% Level III—3 LCAs · 5% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Postdoctoral Scientist40 LCAs · median $80,100 · +0.1% vs all sponsors Research Specialist15 LCAs · median $88,305 · +1.6% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Biochemists and Biophysicists All-sponsor median $80,000 · average excluding Howard Hughes Medical Institute $89,980 St Jude Children S Research Hospital $72,530 (155) University Of California San Francisco $81,576 (115) The Leland Stanford Jr University $78,762 (80) Regeneron Pharmaceuticals $140,000 (66) Pay vs BLS national median 0.64× Howard Hughes Medical Institute $81,292 vs BLS $127,410 Where Howard Hughes Medical Institute's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Biochemists and Biophysicists occupation profile →