Assistant Project Scientist, H-1B salary
What 1,694 H-1B filings report for “Assistant Project Scientist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Assistant Project Scientist?
$72k median H-1B base salary for an Assistant Project Scientist, typically $58k to $87k, across 1,694 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California1,687$72ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $72kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Assistant Project Scientist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Assistant Project Scientist roles are University of California, San Diego; University of California, Davis; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Berkeley; and University of California, Riverside, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Assistant Project Scientist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1University of California, San Diego508 filings$70k
- 2University of California, Davis282 filings$73k
- 3University of California, Los Angeles278 filings$70k
- 4University of California, Berkeley191 filings$79k
- 5University of California, Riverside175 filings$67k
- 6University of California, Irvine137 filings$72k
- 7University of California, Santa Cruz55 filings$77k
- 8University of California, Santa Barbara47 filings$68k
- 9University of California, Merced12 filings$72k
- 10University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources6 filings$68k
- 11International Students and Scholars3 filings$61k
Related titles in this family
1,711 filings carry “Assistant Project Scientist” in the title, across 11 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Assistant Project Scientist Step I3 filings$54k
- 2Visiting Assistant Project Scientist3 filings$56k
- 3Assistant Project Scientist II2 filings$74k
- 4Assistant Project Scientist Step 12 filings$63k
- 5Assistant Project Scientists2 filings$87k
- 6Assistant Project Scientist 31 filings$83k
- 7Assistant Project Scientist (3394)1 filings$72k
- 8Assistant Project Scientist III1 filings$70k
- 9Assistant Project Scientist Step 31 filings$61k
- 10Assistant Project Scientist Step VI1 filings$71k
Figures are for the exact title “Assistant Project Scientist”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.