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Fellow: H-1B salaries

315 labor condition applications used the job title Fellow. Median offered base salary $81,380; middle half $75,000–$87,505.

Applications (LCAs)315
Median offered salary$81,380
Middle half of salaries$75,000–$87,505
10th–90th percentile$67,939–$97,006

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Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital55$86,212
Duke University Health System32$78,600
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania25$90,741
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center23$81,776
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston23$83,520
The University of Virginia19$75,036
University of Washington19$91,962
The University of Alabama at Birmingham13$70,238
University of Colorado Denver7$69,722
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School7$92,866
Harvard University6$76,344
Weill Cornell Medical College6$66,538
University of South Florida5$76,711
University of Colorado Denver / Anschutz5$68,266
DAS Group LLC4$62,467
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center4$100,000
Mclaren Flint3$66,269
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3$97,219
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska3$72,406
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center3$82,156
Henry Ford Health System3$74,143
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace2$139,288
Saint Louis University (GME)2$60,222
University of Nebraska Medical Center2$59,358
Wake Forest University Health Sciences2$68,880
Flux Therapeutics Inc2—
UT Southwestern Medical Center2$79,726
Georgetown University2$70,750
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans2$69,728
Inphynet Contracting Services, LLC2$68,786
The Henry L. Stimson Center2$83,386
Thiel Macro LLC2$200,000
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center, LLC2$79,971
Lehigh Valley Hospital Inc.2$91,408
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States2$112,000
The Brookings Institution1$110,000
LSU Health Sciences Center1$60,780
Center for a New American Security Inc.1$140,000
Saint Louis University1$60,445
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority1$99,368
Center for Cultural & Technical Interchange Between East & West , Inc.1$71,843
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC1$67,436
Carnegie Institution for Science1$80,000
Integris Health, Inc.1$66,602
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1$120,000
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.1$100,000
Montefiore Medical Center1$99,079
Nuclear Innovation Alliance1—
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago1$73,983
Hand Center, PA1$66,355
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center1$74,837
Children's National Medical Center1$83,383
Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.1$68,480
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.1$282,880

By wage level

Wage levelMedian salary
Level I (entry)$74,063
Level II (qualified)$73,703
Level III (experienced)$157,500
Level IV (fully competent)$107,500

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.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY202352$77,559
FY202475$80,816
FY202591$83,520
FY202675$85,635

Cities

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).