H-1B Senior Research Associate Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Senior Research Associate is $80,000, across 1,450 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$80,000
Average wage
$86,586
90th percentile
$111,072
Certified LCAs
1,450
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $34,944
- 25th
- $63,072
- Median
- $80,000
- Average
- $86,586
- 90th
- $111,072
- Highest
- $2,210,000
Based on 1,449 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
178FY20
186FY21
261FY22
222FY23
245FY24
260FY25
98FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Senior Research Associate
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Bernstein Institutional Services LLC | 37 | $180,000 |
| Tessera Therapeutics, Inc. | 20 | $95,800 |
| Sana Biotechnology, Inc. | 27 | $86,549 |
| Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $86,000 |
| Purdue University | 25 | $80,100 |
| The University of Southern California | 26 | $79,020 |
| Northwestern University | 20 | $75,637 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | 74 | $74,460 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 56 | $70,422 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER | 20 | $65,000 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 26 | $62,750 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 104 | $60,000 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | 24 | $55,000 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | 31 | $54,054 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | 20 | $50,856 |
Salaries by location
Cambridge, MA · $86,250Dallas, TX · $60,562New York, NY · $110,000Portland, OR · $74,503Cleveland, OH · $70,422South San Francisco, CA · $100,908Houston, TX · $59,139Boston, MA · $95,964Athens, GA · $60,000Somerville, MA · $95,000Chicago, IL · $78,428Waltham, MA · $81,034East Lansing, MI · $54,000Lincoln, NE · $55,000Kansas City, KS · $65,000