Staff Research Associate, H-1B salary
What 198 H-1B filings report for “Staff Research Associate” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Staff Research Associate?
$63k median H-1B base salary for a Staff Research Associate, typically $49k to $86k, across 198 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California190$63ksame
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 Staff Research Associate?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Staff Research Associate roles are University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Davis; University of California, Santa Barbara; and University of California, Irvine, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Staff 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
- 1University of California, Los Angeles106 filings$62k
- 2University of California, Berkeley30 filings$65k
- 3University of California, Davis17 filings$67k
- 4University of California, Santa Barbara11 filings$64k
- 5University of California, Irvine9 filings$57k
- 6University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center8 filings$56k
- 7Arc Research Institute6 filings$107k
- 8The Lundquist Institute4 filings$63k
- 9University of California, Riverside3 filings$66k
- 10GRAIL1 filings$84k
- 11NCIRE1 filings$52k
- 12University of California, San Diego1 filings$66k
- 13University of California, San Francisco1 filings$62k
Related titles in this family
440 filings carry “Staff Research Associate” in the title, across 17 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Staff Research Associate III108 filings$64k
- 2Staff Research Associate 356 filings$69k
- 3Staff Research Associate IV40 filings$78k
- 4Staff Research Associate 414 filings$79k
- 5Staff Research Associate II7 filings$60k
- 6Staff Research Associate, Supervisor4 filings$79k
- 7Staff Research Associate V3 filings$91k
- 8Staff Research Associate II (19-4021.00)2 filings$42k
- 9Agricultural Staff Research Associate1 filings$60k
- 10Chemist Staff Research Associate1 filings$77k
- 11Staff Research Associate-11 filings$49k
- 12Staff Research Associate (Chemistry)1 filings$84k
Figures are for the exact title “Staff 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.