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Research Fellow H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,860 certified H-1B applications for Research Fellow roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $73,544.

Median salary offered
$73,544
Middle half earn
$68,062 to $83,600
Top 10% earn over
$101,401
Certified filings
1,860

Every filing

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
National Institutes of Health, HHS411$99,200$92,709 – $106,121
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute228$75,000$72,000 – $76,000
General Hospital Corporation226$70,000$65,208 – $71,750
Mayo Clinic214$64,082$61,027 – $69,888
Children's Hospital Corporation212$74,000$70,000 – $77,267
Harvard University127$76,000$74,000 – $77,750
Brigham and Women's Hospital120$70,000$69,701 – $71,750
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center40$64,510$62,574 – $67,824
The University of Texas at Austin31$63,196$59,960 – $72,598
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center26$69,000$59,250 – $73,120
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary25$70,000$60,112 – $71,750
Albert Einstein College of Medicine19$70,000$60,790 – $72,100
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.16$61,728$61,428 – $67,873
Joslin Diabetes Center14$76,634$75,193 – $77,267
McLean Hospital12$69,850$60,112 – $71,406
Trustees of Boston University9$86,081$79,433 – $89,040
Wake Forest University Health Sciences9$62,712$52,437 – $64,896
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.7$66,081$59,842 – $69,617
Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians, Inc7$77,267$76,324 – $78,812
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center6$64,896$63,258 – $64,896
Danar-Farber Cancer Institute5$72,000$70,000 – $75,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University4$100,392$99,462 – $105,589
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center4$66,030$64,080 – $67,840
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital4$71,406$71,054 – $71,492
Kennedy Krieger Institute4$67,514$65,053 – $68,308
New York Blood Center4$80,148$78,310 – $81,884
Nova Southeastern University4$56,534$54,526 – $56,534
Henry Ford Health System3$49,507$49,382 – $50,496
The Lundquist Institute3$70,304$68,652 – $70,366
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute3$72,000$71,000 – $74,000
Corewell Health3$64,085$64,085 – $72,042
The Clay Mathematics Institute, Inc.3$43,555$43,098 – $57,086
Vanderbilt University Medical Center3$60,445$59,145 – $60,725
Open Philanthropy Project3$149,903$149,903 – $163,144
University of Texas Medical Branch2$61,820$61,820 – $61,820
Vanderbilt University2$110,000$105,000 – $115,000
The President & Fellows of Middlebury College2$80,059$80,059 – $80,059
University of South Florida2$67,500$63,750 – $71,250
Cato Institute2$152,000$150,500 – $153,500
Allegheny Singer Research Institute2$61,381$61,381 – $61,381
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center2$77,813$74,058 – $81,568
Endometriosis Foundation of America Inc2$72,000$72,000 – $72,000
Rapidus US, LLC2$188,777$188,166 – $189,388
CHMC Anesthesia Foundation, Inc.2$82,981$80,124 – $85,838
Providence Health & Services - Oregon2$71,510$71,011 – $72,010
Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital1$70,000$70,000 – $70,000
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago1$56,368$56,368 – $56,368
Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.1$75,000$75,000 – $75,000
Astera Institute1$120,000$120,000 – $120,000
Auburn University1$77,938$77,938 – $77,938

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
Boston, MA846$72,195$70,000 – $76,000
Bethesda, MD327$99,442$92,784 – $106,132
Rochester, MN160$64,079$60,341 – $69,974
Charlestown, MA106$70,000$65,208 – $71,508
Cincinnati, OH39$64,376$62,495 – $67,795
Cambridge, MA33$70,000$67,600 – $71,406
New York, NY32$70,000$60,000 – $76,789
Rockville, MD32$99,532$97,500 – $111,000
Jacksonville, FL31$64,376$62,804 – $70,141
Austin, TX31$63,196$59,960 – $72,598
Bronx, NY19$70,000$60,790 – $72,100
Research Triangle Park, NC19$88,631$87,550 – $92,729
Frederick, MD18$104,760$98,592 – $109,469
Scottsdale, AZ14$65,714$62,742 – $69,121
Baltimore, MD14$89,562$68,308 – $99,000
Belmont, MA12$69,850$60,112 – $71,406
Washington, DC10$107,500$79,232 – $139,700
Winston Salem, NC10$64,896$54,674 – $64,896
Orlando, FL7$66,081$59,842 – $69,617
Stanford, CA7$97,850$59,778 – $100,392

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I1,383$72,000
Level II296$74,000
Level III83$75,504
Level IV11$72,717

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023219$72,000
2024738$72,498
2025609$74,000
2026294$74,160