Carnegie Mellon University H-1B salaries

Carnegie Mellon University filed 332 certified H-1B applications between Feb 2023 and Jun 2026. Half of them paid more than $82,400 a year. The typical offer was 36% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $82,400
Middle half earn: $66,000 to $108,587
Top 10% earn over: $144,664
Certified filings: 332

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Pay by job title


Postdoctoral Research Associate	58	$61,008	−4%	$58,164 – $66,000
Assistant Professor	40	$121,540	+12%	$109,686 – $140,696
Postdoctoral Fellow	17	$70,000	+7%	$65,000 – $71,781
Research Associate	15	$61,008	−14%	$59,877 – $65,000
Project Scientist	11	$80,145	−3%	$80,072 – $84,500
Research Scientist	11	$100,000	−35%	$81,630 – $103,000
Assistant Teaching Professor	6	$118,488	+48%	$108,250 – $134,744
Research Biologist	6	$68,420	–	$66,840 – $70,525
Senior Robotics Engineer	6	$99,175	−25%	$97,850 – $107,756
Software Engineer	5	$80,500	−42%	$75,000 – $90,350
Learning Engineer	5	$85,000	–	$81,304 – $85,000
Systems Software Engineer	4	$85,000	−21%	$80,166 – $91,938
Postdoctoral Associate	4	$75,000	+12%	$70,000 – $75,000
Adjunct Instructor	4	$68,463	−2%	$64,095 – $79,596
Robotics Engineer	4	$92,300	−15%	$86,888 – $98,069
Data Scientist	3	$86,441	−27%	$86,441 – $86,441
Senior Software Engineer	3	$102,025	−31%	$102,025 – $102,512
Project Scientist / Engineer	3	$82,400	–	$82,400 – $87,910
Engineer II	3	$81,000	−24%	$78,000 – $81,960
Assistant Professor of Economics	3	$170,000	+78%	$168,934 – $172,635
Assistant Professor of Chemistry	2	$109,315	+56%	$109,315 – $109,315
Postdoctoral Research Assistant	2	$61,008	+6%	$61,008 – $61,008
Robotics Engineer II	2	$97,081	−15%	$97,081 – $97,081
Robotics Engineer, Perception	2	$101,000	–	$98,000 – $104,000
Finance and Research Administrator	2	$68,000	–	$68,000 – $68,000
Associate Professor of Economics	2	$219,250	+113%	$219,125 – $219,375
Assistant Professor of Business Technologies	2	$205,096	–	$200,144 – $210,048
Senior Learning Engineer	2	$88,977	–	$88,977 – $88,977
Postdoctoral Researcher	2	$67,833	+3%	$66,750 – $68,916
Staff Therapist	2	$78,035	+7%	$78,035 – $78,035
Technical Project Manager	2	$71,750	−34%	$70,875 – $72,625
Special Lecturer	2	$61,985	–	$61,985 – $61,985
Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management	2	$152,500	–	$151,250 – $153,750
Senior Systems Software Engineer	2	$107,141	−30%	$97,366 – $116,916
Special Faculty	2	$86,940	–	$82,470 – $91,410
Senior Project Scientist	2	$120,100	+1%	$117,650 – $122,550
Senior Robotics Engineer I	2	$129,000	−16%	$129,000 – $129,000
Director of Digital Government, Executive Education	2	$88,992	–	$86,294 – $91,691
CDFD Project Manager and Adjunct Instructor	2	$94,748	–	$94,748 – $94,748
Lecturer in Japanese	2	$64,460	−5%	$63,902 – $65,018
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Robotics	2	$103,750	–	$103,750 – $103,750
Lead Electrical Engineer	2	$150,000	+13%	$150,000 – $150,000
Lane Fellow	2	$68,000	–	$68,000 – $68,000
Full Stack Developer	2	$97,536	−7%	$93,768 – $101,303
Assistant Professor of Operations Research	1	$182,460	–	$182,460 – $182,460
Associate Learning Engineer	1	$67,500	–	$67,500 – $67,500
Associate Director, Graduate Enrollment Data and Slate Admin	1	$87,500	–	$87,500 – $87,500
Assistant Teaching Prof. of Information Systems & Operations	1	$110,000	–	$110,000 – $110,000
Assistant Professor without Tenure	1	$117,000	−52%	$117,000 – $117,000
Assistant Professor of Operations Management	1	$200,000	+11%	$200,000 – $200,000

Where they work

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.


Pittsburgh, PA	322	$81,877	$65,666 – $108,506
Moffett Field, CA	2	$114,908	$99,954 – $129,862
Champaign, IL	2	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
Alameda, CA	1	$105,000	$105,000 – $105,000
Ann Arbor, MI	1	$67,320	$67,320 – $67,320
New York, NY	1	$97,814	$97,814 – $97,814
Northlake, TX	1	$125,660	$125,660 – $125,660
Silver Spring, MD	1	$65,998	$65,998 – $65,998
Sunnyvale, CA	1	$146,200	$146,200 – $146,200

By year


2023	35	$72,100
2024	125	$84,540
2025	110	$86,012
2026	62	$80,145

By experience level


Level I	309	$81,304
Level II	15	$100,000
Level III	7	$83,000
Level IV	1	$108,534