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Northwestern University

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

Median base salary

$71,828

▲ +1.45% YoY

Average salary

$85,485

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

230

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SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I17977.8% of LCAs

Level II229.6% of LCAs

Level III2310% of LCAs

Level IV62.6% of LCAs

Top occupations

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Biological Scientists, All Other
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Chemists
Materials Scientists

Top worksite metros

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

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Northwestern University H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 230 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$61,008

P25$65,520

Median$71,828

P75$87,182

P90$122,750

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Northwestern University salaries by job title

Northwestern University'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	Northwestern University median	All sponsors	vs all
Research Associate SOC 1/3 SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	21	$68,694	$74,255	-7.5%
Northwestern University · Research Associate (21 LCAs) P10$64,356 P25$66,492 Median$68,694 P75$70,482 P90$73,000 Wage levels: I 21 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $68,000 · median $74,255 · P75 $80,734 (392 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Research Associate Mayo Clinic $81,080 (57) Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania $75,583 (42) Weill Cornell Medical College $77,522 (26) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center $80,000 (25) Research Associate at all sponsors →
Postdoctoral Scholar SOC 1/4 SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	16	$65,970	$70,000	-5.8%
Northwestern University · Postdoctoral Scholar (16 LCAs) P10$61,428 P25$63,960 Median$65,970 P75$66,590 P90$70,766 Wage levels: I 16 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $65,320 · median $70,000 · P75 $75,576 (111 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Postdoctoral Scholar University Of California Los Angeles $77,030 (16) Case Western Reserve University $68,394 (14) University Of California San Francisco $75,728 (12) University Of Washington $76,350 (8) Postdoctoral Scholar at all sponsors →
Postdoctoral Scholar SOC 2/4 SOC 19-2031 · Chemists	10	$65,520	$65,520	+0%
Northwestern University · Postdoctoral Scholar (10 LCAs) P10$61,796 P25$65,520 Median$65,520 P75$66,543 P90$67,696 Wage levels: I 10 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $62,919 · median $65,520 · P75 $67,466 (31 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Postdoctoral Scholar University Of Chicago $65,650 (9) Postdoctoral Scholar at all sponsors →
Postdoctoral Scholar SOC 3/4 SOC 19-2032 · Materials Scientists	10	$61,254	$68,954	-11.2%
Northwestern University · Postdoctoral Scholar (10 LCAs) P10$60,607 P25$61,008 Median$61,254 P75$68,125 P90$75,000 Wage levels: I 10 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $62,145 · median $68,954 · P75 $75,781 (28 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Postdoctoral Scholar University Of California At Santa Barbara $74,425 (5) Postdoctoral Scholar at all sponsors →
Research Assistant Professor SOC 1/2 SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	9	$81,000	$81,442	-0.5%
Northwestern University · Research Assistant Professor (9 LCAs) P10$75,000 P25$80,000 Median$81,000 P75$100,000 P90$113,000 Wage levels: I 6 · II 3 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $75,000 · median $81,442 · P75 $105,000 (78 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Research Assistant Professor University Of Pittsburgh $78,355 (9) Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania $110,000 (5) Research Assistant Professor at all sponsors →
Research Associate SOC 2/3 SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	9	$71,532	$75,254	-4.9%
Northwestern University · Research Associate (9 LCAs) P10$61,795 P25$67,933 Median$71,532 P75$75,344 P90$85,000 Wage levels: I 9 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $69,040 · median $75,254 · P75 $82,926 (243 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Research Associate Duke University $77,854 (38) The University Of Southern California $53,269 (13) University Of Maryland Baltimore $78,590 (12) Johns Hopkins University $72,011 (10) Research Associate at all sponsors →
Postdoctoral Scholar SOC 4/4 SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	8	$63,678	$71,027	-10.3%
Northwestern University · Postdoctoral Scholar (8 LCAs) P10$61,302 P25$61,770 Median$63,678 P75$66,869 P90$70,763 Wage levels: I 8 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $64,501 · median $71,027 · P75 $77,030 (93 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Postdoctoral Scholar University Of California San Francisco $77,030 (19) The University Of Chicago $67,500 (13) University Of California Davis $70,489 (8) Postdoctoral Scholar at all sponsors →
Research Associate SOC 3/3 SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	8	$72,761	$79,000	-7.9%
Northwestern University · Research Associate (8 LCAs) P10$71,089 P25$72,454 Median$72,761 P75$75,758 P90$85,208 Wage levels: I 1 · II 0 · III 7 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $68,850 · median $79,000 · P75 $90,000 (255 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Research Associate Harvard University $82,925 (13) Ut Southwestern Medical Center $65,000 (13) Rutgers The State University Of New Jersey $85,588 (12) Johns Hopkins University $70,000 (7) Research Associate at all sponsors →
Assistant Professor of Instruction SOC 25-1124 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	7	$69,350	$68,000	+2%
Northwestern University · Assistant Professor of Instruction (7 LCAs) P10$68,000 P25$68,250 Median$69,350 P75$70,000 P90$70,800 Wage levels: I 7 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $56,440 · median $68,000 · P75 $69,675 (11 LCAs) Assistant Professor of Instruction at all sponsors →
Research Assistant Professor SOC 2/2 SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	5	$80,726	$82,958	-2.7%
Northwestern University · Research Assistant Professor (5 LCAs) P10$77,000 P25$80,000 Median$80,726 P75$86,108 P90$91,443 Wage levels: I 4 · II 1 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $72,750 · median $82,958 · P75 $95,750 (26 LCAs) Research Assistant Professor at all sponsors →
Assistant Professor SOC 25-1011 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$224,587	$163,571	+37.3%
Northwestern University · Assistant Professor (5 LCAs) P10$211,209 P25$221,000 Median$224,587 P75$226,767 P90$231,107 Wage levels: I 5 · II 0 · III 0 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $127,000 · median $163,571 · P75 $205,000 (648 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Assistant Professor The Pennsylvania State University $182,322 (12) Indiana University $210,805 (10) The Florida State University $200,402 (10) University Of Wisconsin System $234,520 (10) Assistant Professor at all sponsors →
Research Data Analyst SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists	5	$74,263	$81,266	-8.6%
Northwestern University · Research Data Analyst (5 LCAs) P10$71,935 P25$73,538 Median$74,263 P75$87,522 P90$89,696 Wage levels: I 4 · II 0 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $74,318 · median $81,266 · P75 $85,940 (28 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Research Data Analyst The Leland Stanford Jr University $81,758 (6) Research Data Analyst at all sponsors →

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Northwestern University salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Northwestern University 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	Northwestern University median	BLS median	vs BLS
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists SOC 19-1042	53	$68,000	$103,410	-34.2%
Northwestern University pay range · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists P10$61,934 P25$64,356 Median$68,000 P75$73,225 P90$89,000 By H-1B wage level Level I$66,49248 LCAs · 91% Level II—5 LCAs · 9% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Research Associate21 LCAs · median $68,694 · -7.5% vs all sponsors Postdoctoral Scholar16 LCAs · median $65,970 · -5.8% vs all sponsors Research Assistant Professor9 LCAs · median $81,000 · -0.5% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists All-sponsor median $75,045 · average excluding Northwestern University $87,691 Washington University $67,542 (190) Mayo Clinic $74,963 (180) Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai $90,000 (122) General Hospital $71,406 (120) Pay vs BLS national median 0.66× Northwestern University $68,000 vs BLS $103,410 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists occupation profile →
Biological Scientists, All Other SOC 19-1029	27	$72,761	$98,920	-26.4%
Northwestern University pay range · Biological Scientists, All Other P10$61,702 P25$65,691 Median$72,761 P75$80,716 P90$89,269 By H-1B wage level Level I$64,89013 LCAs · 48% Level II—2 LCAs · 7% Level III$72,76111 LCAs · 41% Level IV—1 LCAs · 4% Job titles filed under this SOC Postdoctoral Scholar8 LCAs · median $63,678 · -10.3% vs all sponsors Research Associate8 LCAs · median $72,761 · -7.9% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Biological Scientists, All Other All-sponsor median $83,513 · average excluding Northwestern University $93,701 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 0.74× Northwestern University $72,761 vs BLS $98,920 Where Northwestern University'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	18	$73,266	$127,410	-42.5%
Northwestern University pay range · Biochemists and Biophysicists P10$61,823 P25$67,473 Median$73,266 P75$80,544 P90$85,332 By H-1B wage level Level I$71,53217 LCAs · 94% Level II—1 LCAs · 6% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Research Associate9 LCAs · median $71,532 · -4.9% vs all sponsors Research Assistant Professor5 LCAs · median $80,726 · -2.7% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Biochemists and Biophysicists All-sponsor median $80,000 · average excluding Northwestern University $89,977 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 0.58× Northwestern University $73,266 vs BLS $127,410 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Biochemists and Biophysicists occupation profile →
Chemists SOC 19-2031	14	$66,202	$91,240	-27.4%
Northwestern University pay range · Chemists P10$62,975 P25$65,520 Median$66,202 P75$73,233 P90$78,950 By H-1B wage level Level I$65,52010 LCAs · 71% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—4 LCAs · 29% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Postdoctoral Scholar10 LCAs · median $65,520 · +0% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Chemists All-sponsor median $88,044 · average excluding Northwestern University $95,419 Eli Lilly And $146,000 (55) Novitium Pharma $62,500 (36) Sciegen Pharmaceuticals $75,500 (25) Bristol Myers Squibb $141,251 (22) Pay vs BLS national median 0.73× Northwestern University $66,202 vs BLS $91,240 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Chemists occupation profile →
Materials Scientists SOC 19-2032	12	$62,000	$117,790	-47.4%
Northwestern University pay range · Materials Scientists P10$61,008 P25$61,008 Median$62,000 P75$75,000 P90$82,529 By H-1B wage level Level I$61,25410 LCAs · 83% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—2 LCAs · 17% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Postdoctoral Scholar10 LCAs · median $61,254 · -11.2% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Materials Scientists All-sponsor median $92,810 · average excluding Northwestern University $99,930 Ut Battelle Oak Ridge National Laboratory $88,924 (38) The Dow Chemical $106,995 (38) Brookhaven National Laboratory $84,750 (28) Iowa State University Of Science And Technology $80,000 (13) Pay vs BLS national median 0.53× Northwestern University $62,000 vs BLS $117,790 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Materials Scientists occupation profile →
Data Scientists SOC 15-2051	9	$74,263	$120,230	-38.2%
Northwestern University pay range · Data Scientists P10$64,938 P25$70,867 Median$74,263 P75$91,146 P90$97,525 By H-1B wage level Level I—7 LCAs · 78% Level II—1 LCAs · 11% Level III—1 LCAs · 11% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Research Data Analyst5 LCAs · median $74,263 · -8.6% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Data Scientists All-sponsor median $123,531 · average excluding Northwestern University $130,972 Amazon $139,146 (2,008) Microsoft $172,526 (835) Wal Mart Associates $147,344 (752) Jpmorgan Chase $140,000 (521) Pay vs BLS national median 0.62× Northwestern University $74,263 vs BLS $120,230 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Data Scientists occupation profile →
Statisticians SOC 15-2041	8	$77,852	$105,650	-26.3%
Northwestern University pay range · Statisticians P10$64,039 P25$73,250 Median$77,852 P75$81,572 P90$106,851 By H-1B wage level Level I—5 LCAs · 63% Level II—3 LCAs · 38% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Statisticians All-sponsor median $128,700 · average excluding Northwestern University $132,637 Eli Lilly And $150,996 (102) Amazon $172,000 (95) Ernst & Young U S $149,940 (85) Exlservice Com $130,000 (56) Pay vs BLS national median 0.74× Northwestern University $77,852 vs BLS $105,650 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Statisticians occupation profile →
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1124	7	$69,350	$79,350	-12.6%
Northwestern University pay range · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary P10$68,000 P25$68,250 Median$69,350 P75$70,000 P90$70,800 By H-1B wage level Level I—7 LCAs · 100% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Assistant Professor of Instruction7 LCAs · median $69,350 · +2% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary All-sponsor median $69,724 · average excluding Northwestern University $74,089 University Of Michigan $66,030 (15) Yale University $105,500 (11) The Trustees Of Princeton University $86,664 (10) The University Of Southern California $62,730 (8) Pay vs BLS national median 0.87× Northwestern University $69,350 vs BLS $79,350 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary occupation profile →
Biological Technicians SOC 19-4021	6	$49,966	$57,510	-13.1%
Northwestern University pay range · Biological Technicians P10$47,618 P25$48,260 Median$49,966 P75$60,744 P90$65,388 By H-1B wage level Level I—3 LCAs · 50% Level II—3 LCAs · 50% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Biological Technicians All-sponsor median $56,996 · average excluding Northwestern University $61,616 Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific $56,580 (40) University Of Pittsburgh $47,151 (23) New York University $67,991 (22) Emory University $50,689 (21) Pay vs BLS national median 0.87× Northwestern University $49,966 vs BLS $57,510 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Biological Technicians occupation profile →
Business Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1011	6	$224,770	$99,080	+126.9%
Northwestern University pay range · Business Teachers, Postsecondary P10$212,840 P25$221,897 Median$224,770 P75$226,313 P90$230,384 By H-1B wage level Level I—6 LCAs · 100% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Assistant Professor5 LCAs · median $224,587 · +37.3% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Business Teachers, Postsecondary All-sponsor median $140,244 · average excluding Northwestern University $150,244 Indiana University $180,000 (22) The Pennsylvania State University $184,644 (17) Arizona State University $164,715 (16) Purdue University $142,150 (16) Pay vs BLS national median 2.27× Northwestern University $224,770 vs BLS $99,080 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Business Teachers, Postsecondary occupation profile →
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1022	6	$85,000	$79,940	+6.3%
Northwestern University pay range · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary P10$61,250 P25$73,125 Median$85,000 P75$123,500 P90$186,000 By H-1B wage level Level I—6 LCAs · 100% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary All-sponsor median $85,874 · average excluding Northwestern University $91,552 The Ohio State University $117,835 (13) University Of Michigan $72,100 (13) Arizona State University $63,355 (12) Purdue University $102,000 (11) Pay vs BLS national median 1.06× Northwestern University $85,000 vs BLS $79,940 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary occupation profile →
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers SOC 17-2031	5	$61,428	$109,370	-43.8%
Northwestern University pay range · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers P10$61,008 P25$61,008 Median$61,428 P75$67,925 P90$78,999 By H-1B wage level Level I—4 LCAs · 80% Level II—0 LCAs · 0% Level III—1 LCAs · 20% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers All-sponsor median $104,541 · average excluding Northwestern University $108,584 The Leland Stanford Jr University $117,224 (20) Eli Lilly And $128,555 (20) Becton Dickinson And $135,000 (19) University Of Michigan $64,356 (17) Pay vs BLS national median 0.56× Northwestern University $61,428 vs BLS $109,370 Where Northwestern University's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers occupation profile →