Per Department of Labor (DOL) regulations, this form is to document how the H-1B employee’s actual wage is determined by documenting the conditions of other similarly employed workers in the work unit. Departments must keep a list of similarly employed workers for potential Department of Labor audits in the future. Examples of “similarly employed workers in the work unit” are:
- All Postdoctoral Associates in the same lab/on the same grant of the PI, or
- All Associate Professors in the department.
If your department does not have sub work units (labs, sections, units, etc.), you may count all appointees with the same title who have the same years of service: e.g. PGY 3 Postdoc Associates, Year 1 Associate Research Scientist, etc.
If you have questions, contact your OISS adviser.
Download the Actual Wage Form.
