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Political Scientists H-1B salaries

The median wage offered on certified H-1B applications for Political Scientists stood at $85,932 in FY2025, according to the Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure data.

Standard Occupational Classification 19-3094. The Department of Labor certified 93 H-1B applications for it in FY2025, from 70 employers; the median is over the 85 full-time offers paid by the year, and half of them were between $69,829 and $116,563.

Every fiscal year

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Certified H-1B applications for Political Scientists and the median offered wage, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearCertifiedMedian offered wage
FY2026 to June 202653$101,419
FY202593$85,932
FY202468$90,250

The open fiscal year is to date, and is not set against a whole one. Wages are in each year’s dollars. How the wage is read.

Sources

Compiled automatically from U.S. Department of Labor — LCA Disclosure Data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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