Research Associate, H-1B salary
What 13,811 H-1B filings report for “Research Associate” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Research Associate?
$62k median H-1B base salary for a Research Associate, typically $47k to $87k, across 13,811 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Connecticut at $83k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Connecticut104$83k+$21k
- 2New Jersey217$72k+$10k
- 3New York2,084$70k+$8k
- 4Massachusetts1,200$68k+$6k
- 5Arizona54$66k+$4k
- 6Maryland822$66k+$4k
- 7Minnesota385$65k+$3k
- 8Illinois675$65k+$3k
- 9California1,355$63k+$1k
- 10Utah149$63k+$1k
- 11South Carolina52$63k+$1k
- 12West Virginia22$63k+$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $62kfor 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 a Research Associate?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Research Associate roles are Howard Hughes, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic, and University of Pennsylvania, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Research Associate filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Howard Hughes590 filings$59k
- 2Harvard University548 filings$73k
- 3Johns Hopkins University534 filings$66k
- 4Mayo Clinic474 filings$67k
- 5University of Pennsylvania459 filings$67k
- 6Michigan State University405 filings$53k
- 7University of Virginia391 filings$56k
- 8The University of Texas at Austin340 filings$74k
- 9Northwestern University329 filings$67k
- 10Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center260 filings$73k
- 11Weill Cornell Medical College247 filings$72k
- 12Case Western Reserve University247 filings$53k
- 13Cornell University245 filings$70k
- 14University of Southern California218 filings$61k
- 15University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill208 filings$60k
- 16The Rockefeller University199 filings$68k
- 17UT Southwestern Medical Center192 filings$50k
- 18Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center189 filings$56k
- 19Research Foundation of CUNY178 filings$65k
- 20University of Colorado173 filings$62k
- 21Fermilab150 filings$65k
- 22Rutgers University140 filings$73k
- 23Oregon State University138 filings$60k
- 24University of Utah138 filings$65k
- 25University of Texas at Dallas133 filings$53k
- 26University of Maryland Baltimore132 filings$70k
- 27The Methodist Hospital Research Institute100 filings$60k
- 28Indiana University100 filings$57k
- 29Baylor College of Medicine96 filings$59k
- 30North Carolina State University94 filings$60k
- 31City of Hope94 filings$58k
- 32Virginia Tech91 filings$64k
- 33Wayne State University87 filings$59k
- 34The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia78 filings$62k
- 35University of Washington76 filings$55k
- 36University of Cincinnati74 filings$59k
- 37University of Pittsburgh71 filings$50k
- 38Boston Children's Hospital70 filings$68k
- 39Augusta University70 filings$40k
- 40Scripps Research70 filings$47k
- 41Goldman Sachs69 filings$138k
- 42Cornerstone Research69 filings$120k
- 43NYU Langone Health65 filings$56k
- 44Cedars-Sinai65 filings$52k
- 45University of Colorado Denver59 filings$62k
- 46Purdue University59 filings$58k
- 47Penn State University Park56 filings$58k
- 48University of South Florida55 filings$60k
- 49University of Oregon55 filings$57k
- 50University of Wisconsin-Madison54 filings$47k
Related titles in this family
37,082 filings carry “Research Associate” in the title, across 2,744 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Research Associate9,105 filings$55k
- 2Senior Research Associate1,965 filings$75k
- 3Research Associate II861 filings$67k
- 4Research Associate I415 filings$60k
- 5Research Associate III387 filings$67k
- 6Research Associate-Postdegree Trainee384 filings$55k
- 7Clinical Research Associate304 filings$68k
- 8Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate281 filings$56k
- 9Research Associate Senior265 filings$61k
- 10Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate258 filings$61k
- 11Research Associate, Sr.199 filings$61k
- 12Staff Research Associate198 filings$63k
Figures are for the exact title “Research Associate”; 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.