Research Assistant H-1B Salary by Company

128 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Assistant" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biological Technicians, Social Science Research Assistants, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists.

$55,810Median salary

$49,20225th percentile

$61,99775th percentile

128Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Assistant

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

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	4	$76,948	$72,286 – $79,386
North Carolina State University	3	$67,496	$63,450 – $68,748
The Jackson Laboratory	3	$63,856	$63,856 – $63,856
Michigan State University	7	$60,630	$59,472 – $68,576
Baylor College of Medicine	4	$59,050	$56,140 – $61,100
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	18	$56,470	$54,722 – $60,750
Wayne State University	4	$56,108	$54,544 – $64,118
Washington University	10	$56,101	$51,140 – $56,202
The Rockefeller University	4	$51,750	$51,500 – $53,000
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	6	$50,128	$49,434 – $55,486
The University of Iowa	5	$48,234	$45,000 – $48,613
Loyola University Chicago	3	$48,006	$44,023 – $51,282
Case Western Reserve University	8	$46,035	$46,035 – $46,735
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	5	$45,000	$44,500 – $45,320

Companies filing the most Research Assistant H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	18	$56,470	$54,722 – $60,750
Washington University	10	$56,101	$51,140 – $56,202
Case Western Reserve University	8	$46,035	$46,035 – $46,735
Michigan State University	7	$60,630	$59,472 – $68,576
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	6	$50,128	$49,434 – $55,486
The University of Iowa	5	$48,234	$45,000 – $48,613
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	5	$45,000	$44,500 – $45,320
Baylor College of Medicine	4	$59,050	$56,140 – $61,100
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	4	$76,948	$72,286 – $79,386
The Rockefeller University	4	$51,750	$51,500 – $53,000
Wayne State University	4	$56,108	$54,544 – $64,118
Loyola University Chicago	3	$48,006	$44,023 – $51,282
North Carolina State University	3	$67,496	$63,450 – $68,748
The Jackson Laboratory	3	$63,856	$63,856 – $63,856
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	2	$44,387	$44,387 – $44,387

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Cincinnati, OH	18	$56,470
Houston, TX	13	$57,272
New York, NY	11	$65,000
Saint Louis, MO	10	$56,101
Cleveland, OH	8	$46,035
East Lansing, MI	7	$60,630
Washington, DC	6	$56,000
Little Rock, AR	5	$45,000
Detroit, MI	4	$56,108
Iowa City, IA	4	$48,424
Raleigh, NC	3	$67,496
Boston, MA	2	$44,387
Maywood, IL	2	$47,299
Greenbelt, MD	2	$106,198
Farmington, CT	2	$63,856

Wage levels

Level I55% · 65

Level II35% · 41

Level III3% · 3

Level IV8% · 9

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