Senior Fellow, H-1B salary
What 166 H-1B filings report for “Senior Fellow” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Fellow?
$72k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Fellow, typically $48k to $175k, across 166 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in District of Columbia at $122k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1District of Columbia40$122k+$50k
- 2Pennsylvania20$86k+$14k
- 3Washington78$52k−$20k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $72kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Senior Fellow?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Fellow roles are University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and McKinsey, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Fellow filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1University of Washington77 filings$52k
- 2University of Pennsylvania15 filings$93k
- 3The Washington Institute for Near East Policy10 filings$120k
- 4McKinsey9 filings$110k
- 5Carnegie Endowment for International Peace4 filings$187k
- 6Genentech4 filings$233k
- 7Center for Strategic and International Studies4 filings$105k
- 8Race Forward3 filings$54k
- 9Swarthmore College3 filings$59k
- 10Peterson Institute for International Economics3 filings$216k
- 11Brookings Institution3 filings$175k
- 12Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals Inc.2 filings$260k
- 13East-West Center2 filings$129k
- 14Center for International Policy2 filings$72k
- 15Georgetown University2 filings$62k
- 16Hudson Institute2 filings$60k
- 17Mount Sinai Health System2 filings$79k
- 18Henry L. Stimson Center2 filings$136k
- 19The Institute for Palestine Studies (USA), Inc2 filings$90k
- 20Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences1 filings$91k
- 21American Enterprise Institute1 filings$123k
- 22Center for A New American Security1 filings$160k
- 23Colby College1 filings$132k
- 24Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory1 filings$88k
- 25Foundation for the Defense of Democracies1 filings$140k
- 26Harvard University1 filings$80k
- 27Institute for Palestine Studies1 filings$90k
- 28International Peace Institute1 filings$94k
- 29Manhattan Institute for Policy Research1 filings$150k
- 30Religious Freedom Institute, Inc.1 filings$119k
- 31Schrodinger1 filings$232k
- 32Seyfarth Shaw1 filings$110k
- 33The Clear Fund1 filings$110k
- 34Stanford University1 filings$275k
Related titles in this family
286 filings carry “Senior Fellow” in the title, across 54 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Fellow, Data Science23 filings$123k
- 2Acting Instructor/Senior Fellow19 filings$100k
- 3Director and Senior Fellow4 filings$150k
- 4Attorney (Senior Fellow)3 filings$166k
- 5Director and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy3 filings$102k
- 6Executive Director and Senior Fellow3 filings$102k
- 7Senior Fellow and Director3 filings$156k
- 8Senior Fellow & Data Scientist3 filings$119k
- 9Senior Fellow - Social Science Innovation3 filings$52k
- 10Senior Fellow Trainee3 filings$74k
- 11Philosophy and Research Senior Fellow2 filings$120k
- 12Senior Fellow and Director, U.S.-Korea Energy Forum2 filings$100k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Fellow”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.