H-1B and green card employer
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Harvard University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
319certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$80,000median offer · middle half $73k to $105k
29%247 vs. 192 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
15certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Lottery entries at Harvard University's offers
Harvard University files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Harvard University offers
319 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 5 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
247 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$80,983 FY2026
Certified green card cases
15 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 89 | $76,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 28 | $76,000 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 24 | $315,250 |
| Physicists | 17 | $72,500 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 16 | $87,918 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 14 | $144,500 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | 14 | $75,700 |
| Epidemiologists | 9 | $70,000 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | 163 | $81,149 |
| Cambridge, MA | 140 | $77,153 |
| Allston, MA | 12 | $77,500 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | 0 | $231,500 |
| FY2024 | 13 | 0 | $125,000 |
| FY2025 | 14 | 0 | $182,948 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 15 | 0 | $127,000 |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Research Associate | $74,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | $77,500 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | $77,500 | |
| Research Fellow | $76,000 | |
| Wyss Technology Development Research Associate in Bioenginee | $101,479 | |
| Research Associate | $74,000 | |
| Research Associate | $91,518 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | $76,000 | |
| Research Fellow | $76,000 | |
| Research Associate | $70,304 | |
| Research Associate | $70,304 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | $70,000 | |
| Research Scientist | $90,501 | |
| Associate Professor | $158,805 | |
| Assistant Professor | $148,250 | |
| Research Associate | $75,130 | |
| Research Associate | $74,984 | |
| Research Associate | $108,150 | |
| Lecturer/Dir. for CITE | $150,000 | |
| Research Associate | $75,000 | |
| Research Associate | $101,000 | |
| Research Associate | $74,984 | |
| Assistant Professor | $337,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $295,000 | |
| Instructor | $183,847 |