H-1B Salary Lookup

Research Investigator H-1B Salary by Company

57 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Investigator" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Biochemists and Biophysicists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists.

$73,000Median salary
$72,00025th percentile
$77,25075th percentile
57Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Investigator

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company3$144,200$143,190 – $144,200
University of Michigan47$72,960$72,000 – $77,022
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center5$66,810$63,000 – $70,000

Companies filing the most Research Investigator H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
University of Michigan47$72,960$72,000 – $77,022
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center5$66,810$63,000 – $70,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company3$144,200$143,190 – $144,200
The Population Council1$77,875$77,875 – $77,875
Virginia Commonwealth University1$82,000$82,000 – $82,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Ann Arbor, MI47$72,960
Houston, TX5$66,810
Princeton, NJ3$144,200
New York, NY1$77,875
Richmond, VA1$82,000

Wage levels

Level I38% · 18
Level II31% · 15
Level III31% · 15
Level IV0% · 0

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