Visa Wage Index

Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Biochemists and Biophysicists

Howard Hughes Medical Institute made 34 filings for this role, covering 42 positions, and across them committed to pay at least a median of $83,500 a year. 34 of the 34 state a minimum and no maximum, so that median is a median of floors.

By place and level

WhereLevelWage yearFilingsPositions LowestMedianHighestPrevailing
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level II 2025-26 7 15 $72,467 $81,080 $83,513 $72,467
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level II 2025-26 4 4 $78,786 $81,450 $84,460 $68,765
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level II 2025-26 3 3 $74,263 $78,786 $101,000 $58,698
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2025-26 3 3 $77,968 $86,664 $87,556 $63,627
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Level II 2025-26 2 2 $80,500 $80,500 $80,500 $76,502
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level II 2025-26 2 2 $80,200 $83,921 $87,641 $69,243
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $80,000 $83,500 $87,000 $63,627
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level II 2025-26 1 1 $83,000 $83,000 $83,000 $64,688
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level I 2025-26 1 1 $70,000 $70,000 $70,000 $55,619
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level III 2025-26 1 1 $88,000 $88,000 $88,000 $61,776
New Haven, CT Level III 2025-26 1 1 $88,305 $88,305 $88,305 $73,965
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level III 2025-26 1 1 $94,090 $94,090 $94,090 $79,872
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $4,219,748 $4,219,748 $4,219,748 $63,627
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $116,725 $116,725 $116,725 $73,965
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $81,000 $81,000 $81,000 $63,627
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $87,556 $87,556 $87,556 $73,965
Trenton-Princeton, NJ Level II 2025-26 1 1 $81,228 $81,228 $81,228 $63,627
Worcester, MA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $82,000 $82,000 $82,000 $67,662

Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.