Staff Associate I, H-1B salary
What 25 H-1B filings report for “Staff Associate I” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Staff Associate I?
$62k median H-1B base salary for a Staff Associate I, typically $59k to $76k, across 25 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2023 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York25$62ksame
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.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Columbia University25 filings$62k
Related titles in this family
112 filings carry “Staff Associate I” in the title, across 12 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Staff Associate II39 filings$75k
- 2Staff Associate III23 filings$83k
- 3Senior Staff Associate I9 filings$90k
- 4Senior Staff Associate II5 filings$105k
- 5Staff Associate Investigator3 filings$88k
- 6Senior Staff Associate III2 filings$168k
- 7Staff Associate in Ophthalmology - Orthoptist2 filings$100k
- 8Facilities Staff Associate I1 filings$72k
- 9Senior Staff Associate II (Smcl Director)1 filings$96k
- 10Sr. Staff Associate II1 filings$120k
- 11Staff Associate in Reproductive Medicine1 filings$86k
Figures are for the exact title “Staff Associate I”; 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.