H-1B Associate Scientist Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Associate Scientist is $84,000, across 937 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$84,000
Average wage
$85,866
90th percentile
$114,780
Certified LCAs
937
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $38,400
- 25th
- $70,000
- Median
- $84,000
- Average
- $85,866
- 90th
- $114,780
- Highest
- $182,754
Based on 935 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
115FY20
130FY21
121FY22
144FY23
155FY24
189FY25
83FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Associate Scientist
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab | 17 | $118,000 |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | 13 | $115,300 |
| Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. | 12 | $112,000 |
| Impossible Foods Inc. | 18 | $104,062 |
| Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. | 26 | $102,500 |
| Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | 29 | $97,000 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 32 | $89,774 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | 17 | $88,000 |
| Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC | 28 | $86,299 |
| Fermi Research Alliance, LLC | 50 | $83,098 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 68 | $80,855 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 12 | $78,655 |
| ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | 30 | $65,520 |
| Temple University--A Commonwealth University | 56 | $65,000 |
| PPD Development, L.P. | 13 | $48,006 |
Salaries by location
Cambridge, MA · $100,524Batavia, IL · $85,300New York, NY · $81,581Philadelphia, PA · $65,000Menlo Park, CA · $99,902Tarrytown, NY · $89,774Memphis, TN · $65,520South San Francisco, CA · $115,066Redwood City, CA · $104,270Cranbury, NJ · $63,086Waltham, MA · $81,115San Diego, CA · $84,376Miami, FL · $88,000Madison, WI · $75,516Watertown, MA · $104,000