Associate Specialist, H-1B salary
What 585 H-1B filings report for “Associate Specialist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Associate Specialist?
$69k median H-1B base salary for an Associate Specialist, typically $58k to $84k, across 585 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
- 1California563$69ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $69kfor 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 Associate Specialist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Associate Specialist roles are University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Davis; and University of California, Riverside, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Associate Specialist 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 Francisco378 filings$69k
- 2University of California, Irvine56 filings$69k
- 3University of California, Santa Barbara32 filings$71k
- 4University of California, Davis27 filings$67k
- 5University of California, Riverside26 filings$66k
- 6University of California, Berkeley20 filings$66k
- 7Synechron9 filings$115k
- 8University of California, Santa Cruz8 filings$71k
- 9University of California, Merced7 filings$65k
- 10Sotheby's4 filings$73k
- 11University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources4 filings$77k
- 12Applied Medical3 filings$87k
- 13Oregon Health & Science University2 filings$85k
- 14University of California, Los Angeles2 filings$55k
- 15University of California, San Diego2 filings$63k
- 16Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corporation1 filings$75k
- 17Christie's1 filings$64k
- 18International Students and Scholars1 filings$62k
- 19SITA Information Networking Computing1 filings$55k
- 20University of Hawaii1 filings$134k
Related titles in this family
2,004 filings carry “Associate Specialist” in the title, across 92 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Associate Specialist - Technology822 filings$109k
- 2Associate Specialist-Technology/Software Developer240 filings$92k
- 3Associate Specialist - Quality Control78 filings$98k
- 4Associate Specialist - Business Analyst42 filings$91k
- 5Associate Specialist-Quality Control/QA Analyst33 filings$84k
- 6Research Associate Specialist19 filings$45k
- 7Associate Specialist - Quality17 filings$100k
- 8Associate Specialist-QC/QA Analyst15 filings$85k
- 9Associate Specialist-Technology/Computer Systems Analyst14 filings$92k
- 10Associate Specialist-Technology/QA Analyst9 filings$85k
- 11Associate Specialist-IT Operations/Computer Systems Analyst8 filings$93k
- 12Associate-Specialist Technology/Database Administrator6 filings$87k
Figures are for the exact title “Associate Specialist”; 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.