H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 11-9121Rank #100Updated Jun 2026

Natural Sciences Managers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Natural Sciences Managers (SOC 11-9121). Based on 5,899 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$72,800
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$62,400
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$92,082
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
153
Rank #100 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I914$53,726$62,400$73,976
Level II588$65,000$76,744$100,000
Level III292$84,862$114,619$146,406
Level IV327$124,973$154,105$186,290
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$53,726$62,400$73,976
Level II$65,000$76,744$100,000
Level III$84,862$114,619$146,406
Level IV$124,973$154,105$186,290

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA733$82,784
2NY719$63,949
3TX447$60,000
4MA428$70,000
5IL313$65,000
6FL311$62,000
7NJ302$78,020
8PA281$53,179
9MI174$56,295
10MD157$61,555

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$51k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$54k
FY2014$55k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$60k
FY2017$64k
FY2018$81k
FY2019$75k
FY2020$76k
FY2021$76k
FY2022$70k
FY2023$75k
FY2024$75k
FY2025$79k
FY2026$73k
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