Research Assistant Professor H-1B Salary by Company

292 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Assistant Professor" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Biochemists and Biophysicists, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary.

$85,000Median salary

$75,00025th percentile

$100,00075th percentile

292Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Assistant Professor

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	4	$113,840	$82,110 – $144,200
The University of Chicago	3	$110,000	$101,500 – $110,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	6	$108,431	$102,466 – $125,000
The Ohio State University	4	$104,250	$102,625 – $112,225
The University of Virginia	6	$103,900	$85,700 – $116,250
The University of Tennessee	8	$101,000	$93,395 – $107,118
University of Miami	4	$100,190	$89,995 – $112,784
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	5	$100,000	$77,854 – $110,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	5	$100,000	$82,220 – $109,529
University of Washington	6	$99,726	$85,050 – $115,971
Purdue University	5	$97,375	$96,000 – $97,706
Trustees of Boston University	3	$97,000	$92,700 – $108,500
University of Utah	5	$95,000	$90,000 – $100,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	8	$91,500	$85,938 – $107,500
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	3	$90,506	$85,423 – $90,506
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	10	$90,271	$85,500 – $103,798
Texas Tech University	5	$87,964	$68,000 – $87,984
Washington State University	6	$85,000	$84,870 – $96,250
Northwestern University	21	$83,366	$75,000 – $95,000
University of Florida	12	$83,341	$79,100 – $90,000
Vanderbilt University	6	$82,664	$79,081 – $88,750
University of Michigan	4	$82,454	$79,685 – $86,901
University of Nevada, Reno	3	$82,069	$71,498 – $83,914
Washington University	3	$82,000	$82,000 – $86,000
University of Pittsburgh	15	$80,000	$72,500 – $82,670

Companies filing the most Research Assistant Professor H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Northwestern University	21	$83,366	$75,000 – $95,000
University of Pittsburgh	15	$80,000	$72,500 – $82,670
University of Florida	12	$83,341	$79,100 – $90,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	10	$90,271	$85,500 – $103,798
University of Illinois Chicago	9	$70,300	$69,004 – $92,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	8	$91,500	$85,938 – $107,500
The University of Tennessee	8	$101,000	$93,395 – $107,118
University of New Mexico	8	$78,134	$72,850 – $86,889
University of Houston	7	$72,070	$71,000 – $83,784
University of Rochester	7	$65,000	$63,750 – $75,630
Texas A&M University	6	$78,454	$75,006 – $87,971
The University of Iowa	6	$72,100	$72,100 – $77,701
The University of Virginia	6	$103,900	$85,700 – $116,250
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	6	$108,431	$102,466 – $125,000
University of Washington	6	$99,726	$85,050 – $115,971

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Chicago, IL	26	$80,534
Pittsburgh, PA	15	$80,000
Nashville, TN	11	$85,000
Gainesville, FL	11	$84,282
Evanston, IL	9	$86,382
Houston, TX	9	$72,070
Knoxville, TN	8	$101,000
Bronx, NY	8	$91,500
Philadelphia, PA	8	$103,931
Albuquerque, NM	8	$78,134
Lincoln, NE	7	$87,000
Rochester, NY	7	$65,000
Charlottesville, VA	6	$103,900
Iowa City, IA	6	$72,100
Seattle, WA	6	$99,726

Wage levels

Level I51% · 138

Level II27% · 73

Level III19% · 50

Level IV3% · 7

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).