Updated NIH Salary Cap

Effective January 2, 2022

Updated NIH Salary Cap

NOT-OD-22-076 announces the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards. The Office of Personnel Management released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale and effective January 2, 2022, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $203,700. See NIH Salary Cap Summary (FY 1990-Present)