Research Fellow, H-1B salary
What 7,311 H-1B filings report for “Research Fellow” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Research Fellow?
$63k median H-1B base salary for a Research Fellow, typically $50k to $90k, across 7,311 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Maryland at $84k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Maryland1,759$84k+$21k
- 2District of Columbia42$80k+$17k
- 3California65$75k+$12k
- 4North Carolina163$65k+$2k
- 5Arizona71$60k−$3k
- 6Texas88$59k−$4k
- 7Massachusetts3,598$59k−$4k
- 8Florida122$57k−$6k
- 9Minnesota499$56k−$7k
- 10New York466$56k−$7k
- 11Tennessee67$53k−$10k
- 12Ohio133$53k−$10k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $63kfor 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 Fellow?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Research Fellow roles are National Institutes of Health, HHS; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston Children's Hospital; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and Mayo Clinic, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Research Fellow filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1National Institutes of Health, HHS1,849 filings$84k
- 2Massachusetts General Hospital858 filings$56k
- 3Boston Children's Hospital673 filings$61k
- 4Dana-Farber Cancer Institute670 filings$62k
- 5Mayo Clinic660 filings$56k
- 6Harvard University551 filings$61k
- 7Brigham and Women's Hospital462 filings$56k
- 8Albert Einstein College of Medicine228 filings$54k
- 9Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center188 filings$57k
- 10University of Michigan138 filings$51k
- 11Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center138 filings$51k
- 12Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center123 filings$53k
- 13Wake Forest University75 filings$52k
- 14The University of Texas at Austin71 filings$59k
- 15Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary70 filings$56k
- 16Vanderbilt University Medical Center53 filings$54k
- 17Joslin Diabetes Center49 filings$61k
- 18McLean Hospital44 filings$54k
- 19Boston University34 filings$68k
- 20Montefiore25 filings$59k
- 21The Clay Mathematics Institute17 filings$63k
- 22Allegheny Health Network16 filings$49k
- 23Vanderbilt University15 filings$50k
- 24Baptist Health South Florida12 filings$53k
- 25University of Maryland Baltimore11 filings$53k
- 26Machine Intelligence Research Institute9 filings$75k
- 27University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center8 filings$66k
- 28Henry Ford Health System8 filings$49k
- 29Harvard Pilgrim Health Care8 filings$66k
- 30MedStar Health8 filings$58k
- 31AdventHealth7 filings$66k
- 32Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians7 filings$77k
- 33Coefficient Giving7 filings$150k
- 34University of Texas Medical Branch7 filings$49k
- 35The Lundquist Institute7 filings$70k
- 36Applied Biomedical Science Institute6 filings$70k
- 37St. David's Healthcare Partnership, LP6 filings$62k
- 38Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital6 filings$71k
- 39The Schepens Eye Research Institute6 filings$49k
- 40Peterson Institute for International Economics6 filings$89k
- 41Kennedy Krieger Institute5 filings$67k
- 42New York Blood Center5 filings$78k
- 43Swedish Health Services5 filings$71k
- 44Virginia Mason Medical Center5 filings$69k
- 45Stanford University5 filings$100k
- 46Maine Medical Center4 filings$46k
- 47Nova Southeastern University4 filings$57k
- 48Techfreedom4 filings$51k
- 49Good Friends4 filings$92k
- 50National Jewish Health4 filings$58k
Related titles in this family
12,774 filings carry “Research Fellow” in the title, across 402 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Research Fellow4,176 filings$57k
- 2Clinical Research Fellow161 filings$74k
- 3Flatiron Research Fellow132 filings$87k
- 4Senior Research Fellow129 filings$61k
- 5Clinical and Research Fellow48 filings$78k
- 6Research Fellow (Post Doctoral)39 filings$52k
- 7Market Research Fellow33 filings$64k
- 8Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow21 filings$65k
- 9Radiology Research Fellow17 filings$56k
- 10Research Fellow/Associate15 filings$49k
- 11Growth Lab Research Fellow14 filings$90k
- 12Research Fellow - Physical Therapist13 filings$82k
Figures are for the exact title “Research Fellow”; 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.