H-1B Sr. Research Associate Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Sr. Research Associate is $68,982, across 122 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$68,982
Average wage
$73,569
90th percentile
$99,510
Certified LCAs
122
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $40,000
- 25th
- $58,292
- Median
- $68,982
- Average
- $73,569
- 90th
- $99,510
- Highest
- $127,192
Based on 122 certified base wages, annualized.
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Top H-1B sponsors for Sr. Research Associate
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Sands Capital Management, LLC | 5 | $115,000 |
| Alector LLC | 3 | $107,702 |
| Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. | 3 | $97,850 |
| Impossible Foods Inc. | 2 | $88,858 |
| CAMP4 Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $88,850 |
| Talis Biomedical Corporation | 2 | $85,428 |
| Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $80,000 |
| LINKEDIN CORPORATION | 2 | $78,478 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 8 | $73,130 |
| Medical Science & Computing, LLC | 2 | $71,450 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 17 | $64,428 |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 10 | $62,910 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | 6 | $62,500 |
| Stowers Institute for Medical Research | 4 | $51,334 |
| The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital | 12 | $47,000 |
Salaries by location
Dallas, TX · $64,428Columbus, OH · $47,000La Jolla, CA · $62,910Berkeley, CA · $73,130Cambridge, MA · $86,549South San Francisco, CA · $107,702Blacksburg, VA · $62,500Arlington, VA · $115,000Boston, MA · $85,000Kansas City, MO · $51,334Thousand Oaks, CA · $80,000San Francisco, CA · $90,000Menlo Park, CA · $85,428Bethesda, MD · $71,450Waltham, MA · $84,000