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Senior Research Associate H-1B salaries

Employers filed 665 certified H-1B applications for Senior Research Associate roles between Feb 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $86,000.

Median salary offered
$86,000
Middle half earn
$71,000 to $100,000
Top 10% earn over
$125,167
Certified filings
665

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
UT Southwestern Medical Center44$63,930$60,568 – $68,562
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC32$175,000$175,000 – $185,000
Case Western Reserve University28$72,400$71,000 – $75,185
Oregon Health & Science University19$86,902$79,800 – $91,134
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.15$96,534$94,000 – $99,018
The University of Kansas Medical Center14$72,000$64,266 – $72,146
Purdue University12$80,606$67,559 – $88,504
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University12$73,738$64,509 – $85,000
Northwestern University12$77,965$72,105 – $91,990
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston11$64,700$61,504 – $65,812
University of Georgia10$63,314$60,210 – $63,907
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.9$103,770$100,000 – $107,675
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska9$59,322$55,000 – $60,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri9$60,237$60,237 – $69,888
University of Georgia; OGE9$68,000$61,042 – $74,880
The University of Southern California8$86,684$78,120 – $87,672
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory8$73,130$71,202 – $83,970
Texas A&M University7$57,366$56,493 – $62,626
Brewer Science, Inc.6$89,440$89,440 – $90,954
Cornell University6$110,790$82,500 – $131,581
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.6$91,676$76,461 – $100,244
Weill Cornell Medical College6$103,530$93,211 – $128,750
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.6$92,500$92,000 – $94,500
Johns Hopkins University6$100,419$83,016 – $100,838
HMH Hospitals Corporation5$77,128$76,000 – $79,885
Sands Capital Management, LLC4$117,500$115,000 – $121,798
Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc.4$90,000$90,000 – $91,250
Capvision Pro Corporation4$76,000$76,000 – $76,000
Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.4$99,500$94,375 – $105,170
Texas A&M AgriLife Research4$65,100$59,904 – $239,978
The University of Toledo4$62,125$59,118 – $64,570
Carilion Medical Center4$67,392$66,565 – $70,952
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies4$77,500$75,875 – $78,605
Illinois Institute of Technology4$70,928$64,500 – $77,642
Texas Tech University4$64,468$55,619 – $76,230
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital4$52,000$49,750 – $55,500
Research Foundation of CUNY4$95,392$93,926 – $98,052
Evidera, Inc.4$130,000$128,908 – $131,250
TScan Therapeutics, Inc.3$75,000$75,000 – $75,000
ARGA Investment Management, LP3$180,000$175,000 – $182,500
SonoThera, Inc.3$112,258$112,258 – $112,570
Michigan State University3$72,800$71,400 – $79,980
The Urban Institute3$136,670$126,110 – $137,984
The Broad Institute, Inc.3$80,330$80,330 – $90,558
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.3$90,000$88,274 – $90,687
Sail Biomedicines, Inc.3$85,000$85,000 – $86,604
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.3$97,850$96,425 – $98,166
winded.vertigo LLC3$208,000$156,000 – $208,000
Im Pro Makeup Ny LP3$87,000$81,000 – $93,500
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.3$97,850$97,175 – $97,850

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY61$150,000$100,000 – $180,000
Cambridge, MA50$91,676$86,000 – $96,750
Dallas, TX48$64,021$61,539 – $68,973
Boston, MA29$95,000$87,000 – $103,000
Cleveland, OH28$72,400$71,000 – $75,185
Somerville, MA25$95,000$92,000 – $96,720
Chicago, IL21$76,856$69,000 – $97,000
South San Francisco, CA20$112,258$104,750 – $113,589
Portland, OR18$86,994$79,968 – $91,367
Athens, GA16$63,814$60,000 – $71,588
Waltham, MA15$78,000$75,000 – $97,489
Kansas City, KS14$72,000$64,266 – $72,146
Houston, TX12$63,600$60,510 – $65,406
West Lafayette, IN10$80,606$64,566 – $88,504
Columbia, MO9$60,237$60,237 – $69,888
Lexington, MA9$96,720$91,229 – $98,000
Lincoln, NE8$57,169$54,791 – $59,921
San Francisco, CA8$110,000$107,996 – $114,662
Washington, DC8$107,775$93,158 – $127,918
Blacksburg, VA8$66,945$62,277 – $73,413

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I192$76,000
Level II283$91,458
Level III95$85,000
Level IV59$97,000

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

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202358$77,215
2024256$85,282
2025225$87,589
2026126$87,000