H-1B and green card employer
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, MD NAICS 541715 Cap-exempt
Howard Hughes Medical Institute is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
141certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$83,513median offer · middle half $79k to $90k
7%98 vs. 92 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
0certified 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 Howard Hughes Medical Institute's offers
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 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 Howard Hughes Medical Institute offers
141 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 2 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
98 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$83,513 FY2026
Certified green card cases
0 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 79 | $85,192 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 53 | $81,356 |
| Software Developers | 3 | $132,843 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Ashburn, VA | 34 | $83,513 |
| New York, NY | 16 | $87,965 |
| Dallas, TX | 12 | $78,786 |
| Boston, MA | 10 | $78,533 |
| Seattle, WA | 10 | $87,556 |
| Stanford, CA | 7 | $85,384 |
| Berkeley, CA | 6 | $83,192 |
| Cambridge, MA | 6 | $82,292 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decisionNo PERM labor certifications under this employer from FY2023 to FY2026 Q3.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Research Specialist I | $65,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $90,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $74,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $83,584 | |
| Research Specialist | $91,312 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $75,130 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $76,426 | |
| Software Engineer | $132,843 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $81,080 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $83,513 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $81,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $78,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $80,168 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $85,384 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $85,384 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $81,500 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $74,263 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $101,000 | |
| Research Specialist II | $88,000 | |
| Research Specialist | $87,556 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $78,000 | |
| Research Specialist II | $92,456 | |
| Research Specialist II | $88,691 | |
| Research Specialist II | $92,456 | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | $79,000 |