Research Fellow H-1B Salary by Company

586 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Fellow" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists, Biological Scientists, All Other.

$74,963Median salary

$71,40625th percentile

$78,28075th percentile

586Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Fellow

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

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
National Institutes of Health, HHS	83	$102,415	$96,254 – $109,519
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	3	$100,785	$100,392 – $110,392
Trustees of Boston University	3	$89,040	$87,560 – $91,256
Children's Hospital	67	$77,267	$73,544 – $77,267
Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians	7	$77,267	$76,324 – $78,812
Joslin Diabetes Center	7	$77,267	$76,198 – $77,267
Harvard University	33	$76,000	$76,000 – $77,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	8	$74,580	$70,000 – $75,346
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	93	$74,160	$72,000 – $76,385
General Hospital	72	$71,750	$71,406 – $73,362
Brigham and Women's Hospital	38	$71,750	$71,406 – $71,750
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	11	$71,750	$71,406 – $71,750
McLean Hospital	4	$71,578	$71,406 – $73,129
Mayo Clinic	74	$68,564	$66,497 – $73,812
Thomas Jefferson University	3	$65,750	$63,875 – $65,750
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	3	$64,896	$64,896 – $64,896
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	3	$64,896	$64,896 – $66,715
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	24	$64,643	$63,126 – $66,393
The University of Texas at Austin	7	$62,975	$61,093 – $68,785

Companies filing the most Research Fellow H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	93	$74,160	$72,000 – $76,385
National Institutes of Health, HHS	83	$102,415	$96,254 – $109,519
Mayo Clinic	74	$68,564	$66,497 – $73,812
General Hospital	72	$71,750	$71,406 – $73,362
Children's Hospital	67	$77,267	$73,544 – $77,267
Brigham and Women's Hospital	38	$71,750	$71,406 – $71,750
Harvard University	33	$76,000	$76,000 – $77,500
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	24	$64,643	$63,126 – $66,393
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	11	$71,750	$71,406 – $71,750
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	8	$74,580	$70,000 – $75,346
Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians	7	$77,267	$76,324 – $78,812
Joslin Diabetes Center	7	$77,267	$76,198 – $77,267
The University of Texas at Austin	7	$62,975	$61,093 – $68,785
McLean Hospital	4	$71,578	$71,406 – $73,129
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	3	$100,785	$100,392 – $110,392

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Boston, MA	288	$75,130
Bethesda, MD	70	$103,292
Rochester, MN	54	$68,936
Charlestown, MA	34	$71,750
Cincinnati, OH	24	$64,643
New York, NY	11	$74,160
Jacksonville, FL	11	$67,282
Cambridge, MA	9	$71,406
Washington, DC	9	$110,000
Rockville, MD	7	$102,246
Austin, TX	7	$62,975
Winston Salem, NC	5	$64,896
Research Triangle Park, NC	4	$90,354
Belmont, MA	4	$71,578
Scottsdale, AZ	4	$68,564

Wage levels

Level I74% · 394

Level II22% · 119

Level III3% · 17

Level IV0% · 1

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