Research Staff Member, H-1B salary
What 369 H-1B filings report for “Research Staff Member” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Research Staff Member?
$139k median H-1B base salary for a Research Staff Member, typically $120k to $175k, across 369 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $142k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California93$142k+$3k
- 2New York239$139ksame
- 3Massachusetts24$128k−$11k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $139kfor 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 Staff Member?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Research Staff Member roles are IBM, Lawrence Livermore National Security, Mayachitra, and Nvidia, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Research Staff Member filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1IBM339 filings$139k
- 2Lawrence Livermore National Security20 filings$113k
- 3Mayachitra6 filings$123k
- 4Nvidia2 filings$168k
- 5Institute for Defense Analyses1 filings$176k
- 6Numenta, Inc.1 filings$141k
Related titles in this family
497 filings carry “Research Staff Member” in the title, across 48 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Research Staff Member16 filings$92k
- 2Research Staff Member (Physicist)13 filings$150k
- 3Postdoctoral Research Staff Member (Physicist)9 filings$104k
- 4Research Staff Member Manager9 filings$154k
- 5Research Staff Member (Computer Scientist)8 filings$169k
- 6Research Staff Member (Materials Science)8 filings$98k
- 7Research Staff Member (Computer Science)4 filings$182k
- 8Research Staff Member (Nanosystems Engineering)4 filings$93k
- 9Postdoctoral Research Staff Member (Materials Science)3 filings$87k
- 10Postdoctoral Research Staff Member (Materials Scientist)3 filings$84k
- 11Research Staff Member (Chemistry)3 filings$93k
- 12Research Staff Member in Computational Sensing3 filings$114k
Figures are for the exact title “Research Staff Member”; 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.