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Sociologists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-3041. 350 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $75,000, middle half $65,000–$96,477.

Applications (LCAs)350

Median offered salary$75,000

Middle half of salaries$65,000–$96,477

10th–90th percentile$57,950–$129,107

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	131	$65,000
Level II (qualified)	78	$80,526
Level III (experienced)	39	$104,000
Level IV (fully competent)	34	$132,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Norc	18	$100,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	14	$97,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	10	$70,000
The Ohio State University	9	$62,121
University of Minnesota	9	$61,008
The RAND Corporation	8	$74,750
W.M. Rice University	7	$70,000
The University of Southern California	6	$58,458
American Institutes for Research	5	$87,482
The Pennsylvania State University	5	$61,428
Pharmahelp Foundation, Inc.	5	—
The Nature Conservancy	4	$175,000
Advertising Research Foundation, Inc.	4	$150,000
Open Philanthropy Project	4	$165,080
University of Michigan	4	$59,500
Indiana University	4	$61,028
The University of Texas at Austin	4	$74,380
Washington University	4	$71,714
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	4	$67,750
University of California, San Francisco	4	$73,664
Trustees of Boston University	4	$65,000
FrameWorks Institute	3	$94,970
Pew Research Center	3	$93,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies	3	$78,645
New York University	3	$70,000
Johns Hopkins University	3	$70,000
Family Health International	3	$79,768
Columbia University	3	$80,000
University of California, Berkeley	3	$122,592
University of California, Los Angeles	3	$65,020
Verily Life Sciences LLC	3	$160,000
Rare, Inc.	3	$75,617
Duke University and Medical Center	3	$63,403
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	3	$54,631
University of California, Irvine	3	$69,209
International Research & Exchanges Board	3	$73,050
Behavioral Insights (US) Inc.	3	$81,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany	3	$55,596
Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice	3	$135,000
Oregon State University	3	$74,004
The University of Virginia	3	$65,000
Yale University	3	$70,000
The University of Chicago	3	$75,000
University at Albany, State University of New York	3	$80,000
USA Intellectual Property Research and Education Institute	3	$73,890
Results for Development Institute Inc.	2	$114,333
Spencer Foundation	2	$82,188
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2	$103,605
Wayne State University	2	$61,200
Research Foundation of CUNY	2	$85,000

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	98	$70,000
FY2024	104	$73,050
FY2025	93	$80,000
FY2026	55	$80,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).