Senior Research Associate, H-1B salary
What 1,965 H-1B filings report for “Senior Research Associate” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Research Associate?
$75k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Research Associate, typically $53k to $108k, across 1,965 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New York at $100k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York151$100k+$25k
- 2District of Columbia26$98k+$23k
- 3California328$87k+$12k
- 4Massachusetts430$85k+$10k
- 5Maryland20$79k+$4k
- 6New Jersey23$76k+$1k
- 7Colorado29$75ksame
- 8Virginia36$74k−$1k
- 9Illinois78$73k−$2k
- 10Indiana29$70k−$5k
- 11Oregon99$68k−$7k
- 12North Carolina33$65k−$10k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $75kfor 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 Senior Research Associate?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Research Associate roles are UT Southwestern Medical Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Case Western Reserve University, and Intellia Therapeutics, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior 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
- 1UT Southwestern Medical Center122 filings$60k
- 2Oregon Health & Science University95 filings$67k
- 3Case Western Reserve University87 filings$59k
- 4Intellia Therapeutics54 filings$78k
- 5Michigan State University45 filings$54k
- 6University of Georgia45 filings$59k
- 7The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston37 filings$61k
- 8University of Southern California35 filings$77k
- 9Bernstein Institutional Services34 filings$175k
- 10University of Kansas30 filings$65k
- 11University of Nebraska30 filings$55k
- 12Purdue University28 filings$70k
- 13Northwestern University28 filings$76k
- 14University of Colorado23 filings$80k
- 15University of Missouri23 filings$51k
- 16Tessera Therapeutics20 filings$96k
- 17Texas A&M University20 filings$49k
- 18Sana Biotechnology19 filings$87k
- 19Cornell University18 filings$94k
- 20Virginia Tech18 filings$74k
- 21Takeda18 filings$86k
- 22CRISPR Therapeutics17 filings$100k
- 23Brewer Science16 filings$84k
- 24Sanofi16 filings$73k
- 25Scripps Research15 filings$55k
- 26Flagship Pioneering15 filings$90k
- 27Weill Cornell Medical College14 filings$104k
- 28Evidera14 filings$128k
- 29Illinois Institute of Technology13 filings$63k
- 30Texas Tech University13 filings$56k
- 31Hackensack Meridian Health11 filings$75k
- 32Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science11 filings$44k
- 33M Science11 filings$100k
- 34Mississippi State University10 filings$63k
- 35Research Foundation of CUNY9 filings$95k
- 36City of Hope9 filings$75k
- 37Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center9 filings$58k
- 38Rubius Therapeutics9 filings$70k
- 39Chan Zuckerberg Biohub9 filings$87k
- 40TScan Therapeutics8 filings$80k
- 41Bristol Myers Squibb8 filings$79k
- 42Stowers Institute for Medical Research8 filings$55k
- 43KBI Biopharma8 filings$68k
- 44Urban Institute8 filings$138k
- 45Generate Biomedicines7 filings$92k
- 46Jefferies7 filings$98k
- 47Personalis7 filings$116k
- 48Repertoire Immune Medicines7 filings$93k
- 49University of Cincinnati7 filings$70k
- 50Johns Hopkins University7 filings$100k
Related titles in this family
2,706 filings carry “Senior Research Associate” in the title, across 324 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Research Associate I48 filings$83k
- 2Avp, Senior Research Associate41 filings$135k
- 3Senior Research Associate, Analytical Development22 filings$89k
- 4Senior Research Associate II22 filings$89k
- 5Senior Research Associate 115 filings$68k
- 6Senior Research Associate, Biology14 filings$84k
- 7Senior Research Associate B/H11 filings$60k
- 8Senior Research Associate in Engineering11 filings$68k
- 9Analytical Development Senior Research Associate10 filings$78k
- 10Senior Research Associate, Process Development10 filings$89k
- 11Senior Research Associate-Engineer9 filings$85k
- 12Stem Cell Senior Research Associate9 filings$75k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior 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.