Research Associate H-1B Salary by Company

1,190 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Associate" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Biochemists and Biophysicists, Biological Technicians.

$73,678Median salary

$65,74925th percentile

$84,32375th percentile

1,190Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Associate

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

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Bridgewater Associates	3	$194,000	$194,000 – $194,000
Cornerstone Research	14	$160,000	$160,000 – $160,000
Woodline Partners	3	$160,000	$160,000 – $160,000
The Brattle Group	3	$145,860	$145,860 – $145,860
Jefferies	5	$130,000	$125,000 – $130,000
Stifel Financial	4	$120,000	$110,000 – $135,000
Bernstein Institutional Services	8	$119,124	$114,936 – $120,000
Boston College	3	$112,000	$111,031 – $112,000
University of Connecticut Health Center	3	$100,048	$99,226 – $101,878
Stantec Consulting Services	4	$96,668	$94,141 – $100,916
Clemson University	4	$95,726	$88,573 – $96,733
University of Colorado	13	$90,476	$85,848 – $109,424
Mayo Clinic	45	$87,696	$81,080 – $91,204
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	8	$87,232	$84,740 – $88,260
Brookhaven National Laboratory	4	$86,625	$82,312 – $90,032
ImmunityBio	3	$86,000	$86,000 – $91,857
University of Utah	9	$85,000	$80,000 – $92,458
The Rockefeller University	12	$82,840	$78,204 – $87,949
Harvard University	39	$82,246	$74,992 – $88,346
University of Oregon	4	$81,719	$73,814 – $86,083
Weill Cornell Medical College	35	$80,000	$74,714 – $86,844
The University of Texas at Austin	27	$80,000	$71,400 – $104,576
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	27	$80,000	$79,338 – $82,500
Cornell University	18	$80,000	$74,745 – $84,036
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	7	$80,000	$79,914 – $81,538

Companies filing the most Research Associate H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	65	$75,166	$72,000 – $80,000
Johns Hopkins University	51	$73,542	$71,556 – $77,476
Northwestern University	48	$70,004	$66,492 – $72,821
Mayo Clinic	45	$87,696	$81,080 – $91,204
The University of Virginia	44	$64,550	$61,602 – $70,000
Harvard University	39	$82,246	$74,992 – $88,346
Weill Cornell Medical College	35	$80,000	$74,714 – $86,844
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	34	$73,176	$67,066 – $85,588
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	27	$80,000	$79,338 – $82,500
The University of Texas at Austin	27	$80,000	$71,400 – $104,576
The University of Southern California	19	$70,886	$53,269 – $71,266
Cornell University	18	$80,000	$74,745 – $84,036
University of Maryland Baltimore	18	$79,310	$74,567 – $83,832
Oregon State University	17	$66,667	$48,844 – $70,896
UT Southwestern Medical Center	15	$55,700	$52,166 – $59,032

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
New York, NY	119	$82,192
Philadelphia, PA	77	$75,000
Baltimore, MD	70	$74,546
Charlottesville, VA	44	$64,550
Chicago, IL	37	$70,008
Boston, MA	35	$85,000
Cambridge, MA	32	$75,000
Los Angeles, CA	32	$70,886
Rochester, MN	30	$91,204
Austin, TX	28	$84,250
Houston, TX	25	$76,116
Evanston, IL	20	$70,027
San Francisco, CA	20	$84,885
Ithaca, NY	17	$80,000
Corvallis, OR	16	$65,512

Wage levels

Level I51% · 553

Level II33% · 365

Level III11% · 123

Level IV5% · 50

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