H-1B Filings
123
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Carnegie Mellon University in PA (Educational Services) is dominated by DOL H-1B labor-condition applications (123 on file) at a $85,000 disclosed median; OSHA and WARN tracks are empty here.
Carnegie Mellon University (PA): · 123 H-1B LCAs at a $85,000 disclosed median
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Carnegie Mellon University in PA carries 123 H-1B wage filings on record, a $85,000 median wage across 83 disclosed-wage positions (below the $124,488 national median) and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #381 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 15th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
Figures above come from DOL H-1B labor condition applications only, OSHA and WARN tracks are empty on this profile.
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
H-1B Filings
123
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Median H-1B Salary
$85,000
Below national median. Across 83 disclosed positions
Where Carnegie Mellon University's H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$85,000 Top 85% higher than 15% of 272,125 US employers
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US employers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+1.3% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | Carnegie Mellon University | DOL OFLC |
| Industry | Educational Services | NAICS / DOL |
| State | PA | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 123 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $85,000 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| Tracks not on file | employer OSHA injury log, WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
Carnegie Mellon University's values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications on file for this employer in PA (Educational Services). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #381 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 15th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; WARN history is cleaner than 14% of 304,376 employers tracked here.
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor of Finance | $287,105 |
| Assistant Professor of Marketing and Business Technology | $230,000 |
| Associate Teaching Professor of Marketing | $220,706 |
| Assistant Professor of Business Technologies | $215,000 |
| Full Professor | $175,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $141,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $140,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $138,873 |
| Senior Director, International Development | $135,000 |
| MTS Researcher | $134,936 |
| Assistant Professor | $132,500 |
| Senior Robotics Engineer I | $129,000 |
| Senior Systems Software Engineer | $126,690 |
| Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer | $125,660 |
| Assistant Teaching Professor | $118,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $112,860 |
| Systems Software Engineer | $112,750 |
| Senior Robotics Engineer | $110,175 |
| Senior Bioinformatics Support Specialist | $110,000 |
| Research Scientist | $109,866 |
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry | $109,315 |
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry | $109,315 |
| Assistant Professor | $108,745 |
| Assistant Professor | $105,335 |
| Full Stack Developer | $105,071 |
| Research Scientist | $105,000 |
| Research Scientist | $103,000 |
| Robotics Engineer | $100,000 |
| CDFD Project Manager | $98,000 |
| Senior Robotics Engineer | $97,850 |
| Robotics Engineer II | $97,081 |
| Special Faculty | $95,880 |
| Project Scientist / Engineer | $93,420 |
| Research Associate | $92,925 |
| Assistant Professor | $92,200 |
| Director of Research for the CMU Children's School | $90,000 |
| Frontend Javascript Developer | $90,000 |
| Director of Research for the Children's School | $90,000 |
| Senior Learning Engineer | $88,977 |
| Data Scientist | $86,441 |
| Data Scientist | $86,441 |
| Systems Software Engineer | $85,000 |
| Senior Scientist | $83,000 |
| Engineer II | $82,920 |
| Engineer II | $81,000 |
| Curator for Public Programs and Director of Publications | $80,000 |
| Project Scientist | $80,000 |
| Senior Systems Engineer | $80,000 |
| Research Scientist | $78,720 |
| Research Scientist | $78,720 |
Carnegie Mellon University's most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 123 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 99% of sponsors in this corpus (#381 of 51,370).
Disclosed pay runs low: $85,000 median trails 85% of wage rows and sits under the $124,488 national median.
Carnegie Mellon University sponsors 123 H-1B positions but carries no employer OSHA DART rate here — at this filing volume the gap usually reflects recordkeeping exemptions, not a verified safety judgment.
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for Carnegie Mellon University among Educational Services employers we track.
Where Carnegie Mellon University sits
Across the 200 Educational Services sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Carnegie Mellon University files more petitions than 66% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 74%, the high-volume, above-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (123 filings · $85,000 median here).
Each muted dot is one educational services peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is Carnegie Mellon University. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
Carnegie Mellon University's nearest H-1B-filing peers in Educational Services (home state PA). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Two federal-records peer sets for Carnegie Mellon University, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside PA (123 filings here).
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
What to check before working with Carnegie Mellon University
For Carnegie Mellon University, start with sponsorship pay (123 H-1B LCAs, median $85,000) and only then layer any other federal silence.
Carnegie Mellon University's figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Carnegie Mellon University's disclosed median of $85,000 sits at the 15th percentile (below the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
Carnegie Mellon University has 123 H-1B filings on record, ranking #381 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.