Harvard University H-1B salaries

Harvard University filed 684 certified H-1B applications between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half of them paid more than $80,000 a year. The typical offer was 30% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $80,000
Middle half earn: $72,800 to $103,250
Top 10% earn over: $158,910
Certified filings: 684

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Pay by job title


Research Associate	154	$82,000	+16%	$75,000 – $92,239
Postdoctoral Fellow	137	$70,304	+7%	$67,600 – $73,868
Research Fellow	127	$76,000	+3%	$74,000 – $77,750
Assistant Professor	93	$157,412	+44%	$125,000 – $295,000
Postdoctoral Research Fellow	28	$73,814	+16%	$69,876 – $76,000
Instructor	17	$118,296	+55%	$90,000 – $135,000
Lecturer	16	$100,206	+42%	$90,000 – $106,818
Research Scientist	16	$100,000	−35%	$97,970 – $107,840
Preceptor	11	$87,900	–	$80,866 – $91,368
Growth Lab Research Fellow	7	$89,610	–	$89,005 – $98,068
Professor	6	$295,666	+60%	$274,600 – $304,483
Research Fellow in Microbiology	4	$73,000	–	$63,930 – $76,375
Associate	4	$67,475	−54%	$66,462 – $69,746
Language Instructor	3	$65,940	–	$65,940 – $66,465
Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Civilizations	3	$115,095	–	$104,143 – $124,336
Senior Research Scientist	3	$150,000	+36%	$142,486 – $165,000
Preceptor in Chinese	3	$73,200	–	$73,200 – $73,700
Senior Lecturer	2	$250,639	+210%	$222,070 – $279,208
Fellow	2	$70,500	−15%	$60,750 – $80,249
Preceptor in Japanese	2	$75,210	–	$74,205 – $76,215
Teaching Assistant	2	$65,420	+91%	$64,635 – $66,205
Professor of Global Health Systems	2	$312,021	–	$312,021 – $312,021
Senior Preceptor	2	$92,238	–	$92,238 – $92,238
Associate Professor	2	$137,802	+8%	$127,301 – $148,304
Lecturer on Education	2	$77,000	–	$77,000 – $77,000
Director of Project Advancement	2	$181,938	–	$181,938 – $181,938
Scientist II	2	$104,000	+4%	$104,000 – $104,000
Professor in Practice	2	$560,997	–	$560,997 – $560,997
Lecturer in Music	1	$102,752	+26%	$102,752 – $102,752
Lecturer on Cell Biology	1	$89,610	–	$89,610 – $89,610
Global Change Fellow	1	$83,000	–	$83,000 – $83,000
Director of Pre Clinical Pharmacy	1	$144,612	–	$144,612 – $144,612
Independent Research Associate	1	$90,000	–	$90,000 – $90,000
Interim Senior Preceptor	1	$86,300	–	$86,300 – $86,300
Benjamin Pierce Fellow	1	$94,400	–	$94,400 – $94,400
Academic Associate	1	$65,000	–	$65,000 – $65,000
Associate in Neurobiology	1	$75,250	–	$75,250 – $75,250
Associate Senior Lecturer	1	$104,000	–	$104,000 – $104,000
Director & Lecturer	1	$235,664	–	$235,664 – $235,664
Computational Policy Lab Fellow	1	$105,000	–	$105,000 – $105,000
Director of Computational Biology	1	$211,150	–	$211,150 – $211,150
Instructional Design Lead	1	$76,400	–	$76,400 – $76,400
Lecturer/Dir. for CITE	1	$150,000	–	$150,000 – $150,000
Research Associate / Lecturer	1	$95,500	+12%	$95,500 – $95,500
Professor and Chair	1	$317,800	−22%	$317,800 – $317,800
Preceptor in Russian Language	1	$71,100	–	$71,100 – $71,100
Preceptor in Hindu-Urdu	1	$93,377	–	$93,377 – $93,377
Lecturer / Director of Graduate Cancer Biology Education	1	$95,401	–	$95,401 – $95,401
Preceptor in Modern Hebrew	1	$74,000	–	$74,000 – $74,000
Professor & Director	1	$270,400	+39%	$270,400 – $270,400

Where they work

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.


Boston, MA	347	$81,000	$76,000 – $105,000
Cambridge, MA	307	$78,000	$70,304 – $100,206
Allston, MA	22	$86,710	$70,573 – $98,400
Cambridge City, MA	1	$181,938	$181,938 – $181,938
Forest Hills, NY	1	$104,000	$104,000 – $104,000
Medfield, MA	1	$98,906	$98,906 – $98,906
Palo Alto, CA	1	$104,104	$104,104 – $104,104
Roslindale, MA	1	$83,000	$83,000 – $83,000
Stanford, CA	1	$76,000	$76,000 – $76,000
Tracy, CA	1	$146,754	$146,754 – $146,754
Walnut Creek, CA	1	$67,600	$67,600 – $67,600

By year


2023	117	$73,000
2024	261	$81,149
2025	195	$82,400
2026	111	$81,149

By experience level


Level I	471	$76,000
Level II	151	$85,696
Level III	47	$98,906
Level IV	15	$270,000