H-1B Research Associate Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Research Associate is $65,000, across 9,280 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$65,000
Average wage
$68,948
90th percentile
$87,751
Certified LCAs
9,280
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $26,811
- 25th
- $56,712
- Median
- $65,000
- Average
- $68,948
- 90th
- $87,751
- Highest
- $2,169,154
Based on 9,275 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
1,400FY20
1,518FY21
1,534FY22
1,443FY23
1,401FY24
1,410FY25
574FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Research Associate
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 490 | $74,560 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | 204 | $74,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 194 | $74,000 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 268 | $73,520 |
| Cornell University | 192 | $73,263 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | 338 | $70,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | 340 | $69,888 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 482 | $67,964 |
| Northwestern University | 261 | $67,933 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 304 | $64,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 158 | $63,294 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | 177 | $61,996 |
| The University of Virginia | 267 | $60,000 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | 329 | $57,000 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 146 | $56,826 |
Salaries by location
New York, NY · $73,112Baltimore, MD · $68,016Philadelphia, PA · $66,992Cambridge, MA · $68,000Boston, MA · $77,901Charlottesville, VA · $59,000East Lansing, MI · $57,000Rochester, MN · $69,888Austin, TX · $74,000Los Angeles, CA · $62,450Chicago, IL · $68,000Ithaca, NY · $72,925Cincinnati, OH · $57,262Chapel Hill, NC · $62,000Houston, TX · $60,000