Research Technician, H-1B salary
What 511 H-1B filings report for “Research Technician” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Research Technician?
$47k median H-1B base salary for a Research Technician, typically $36k to $57k, across 511 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New York at $50k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York190$50k+$3k
- 2Washington41$49k+$2k
- 3Massachusetts74$43k−$4k
- 4Pennsylvania72$42k−$5k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $47kfor 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 Technician?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Research Technician roles are Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Research Technician filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute62 filings$43k
- 2Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center51 filings$50k
- 3Weill Cornell Medical College45 filings$53k
- 4The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia43 filings$45k
- 5Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center41 filings$49k
- 6Albert Einstein College of Medicine30 filings$47k
- 7University of Pittsburgh27 filings$37k
- 8University of Chicago16 filings$46k
- 9Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory16 filings$48k
- 10New York University15 filings$50k
- 11Georgetown University13 filings$44k
- 12University of Connecticut11 filings$163k
- 13Howard Hughes8 filings$47k
- 14Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene8 filings$64k
- 15California Institute of Technology7 filings$42k
- 16Research Foundation for SUNY6 filings$39k
- 17Albany State University5 filings$47k
- 18Stowers Institute for Medical Research5 filings$30k
- 19Hospital for Special Surgery5 filings$46k
- 20Arizona State University5 filings$38k
- 21Tufts University5 filings$43k
- 22University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center4 filings$41k
- 23Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute4 filings$46k
- 24Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation4 filings$29k
- 25University of Arizona3 filings$41k
- 26The University of Tennessee Health Science Center3 filings$40k
- 27University of Arkansas3 filings$30k
- 28University Of North Carolina At Greensboro3 filings$47k
- 29Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute3 filings$55k
- 30Northeastern University3 filings$44k
- 31Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Indianapolis2 filings$34k
- 32Indiana University2 filings$41k
- 33Kansas State University2 filings$34k
- 34Marquette University2 filings$47k
- 35New York Blood Center2 filings$62k
- 36Syracuse University2 filings$41k
- 37University of Wisconsin System2 filings$39k
- 38East Tennessee State University2 filings$49k
- 39Massachusetts General Hospital2 filings$45k
- 40La Jolla Institute for Immunology2 filings$60k
- 41Van Andel Research Institute2 filings$47k
- 42Albany Medical College1 filings$39k
- 43Ajulia Executive Search1 filings$50k
- 44Archer Daniels Midland1 filings$42k
- 45University of Nebraska1 filings$34k
- 46Brandeis University1 filings$40k
- 47Boston Medical Center1 filings$50k
- 48Carnegie Institution for Science1 filings$38k
- 49Celerion1 filings$29k
- 50Cleveland Clinic1 filings$30k
Related titles in this family
1,374 filings carry “Research Technician” in the title, across 75 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Research Technician II167 filings$44k
- 2Senior Research Technician158 filings$53k
- 3Research Technician III123 filings$45k
- 4Research Technician I79 filings$36k
- 5Sr. Research Technician53 filings$49k
- 6Research Technician, Sr32 filings$55k
- 7Laboratory Research Technician25 filings$40k
- 8Research Technician B23 filings$49k
- 9Research Technician C20 filings$62k
- 10Lead Research Technician19 filings$56k
- 11Research Technician IV19 filings$57k
- 12Principal Research Technician14 filings$62k
Figures are for the exact title “Research Technician”; 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.