National Institutes of Health Salaries of 2022
The National Institutes of Health had 19,507 employees in 2015 with an average pay (base salary + bonus) of $127,099.89. The most common occupation was general health science, followed by general natural resources management and biological sciences. The most common payscale is General Schedule.
The top ten percent of employees in the National Institutes of Health earn 17% of the total income. See the top 100 most well paid employees in National Institutes of Health.
The National Institutes of Health belongs to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Pay Distribution in the National Institutes of Health
Top 10 Occupations in the National Institutes of Health
Payscale Distribution

Payscale Distribution
The most common payscale is General Schedule, which pays 72% of the employees in the National Institutes of Health. General Schedule is followed by Scientists Appointed As Fellows And Compensated Under 42 U.s.c. 209(g). Includes Non-citizens Whose Employment, which pays 12.9% of employees.
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The agency code of the National Institutes of Health is HE38
.