H-1B Salary Lookup

Research Specialist H-1B Salary by Company

142 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Specialist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biological Technicians, Biological Scientists, All Other, Biochemists and Biophysicists.

$70,000Median salary
$58,78125th percentile
$84,44875th percentile
142Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Specialist

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute38$88,691$83,749 – $94,090
Charles River Laboratories3$84,448$83,221 – $84,448
Stowers Institute for Medical Research3$80,000$75,350 – $81,640
Weill Cornell Medical College6$72,873$55,155 – $84,885
Texas Department of State Health Services3$70,902$68,123 – $72,726
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary3$70,450$66,227 – $74,675
Brigham and Women's Hospital3$69,997$69,997 – $73,436
University of Illinois Chicago10$67,779$64,766 – $69,838
University of Illinois3$66,427$61,544 – $69,291
Northwestern University5$63,773$61,798 – $64,938
University of Utah3$61,339$57,876 – $68,170
North Dakota State University7$61,214$56,500 – $62,500
The Trustees of Princeton University5$58,781$55,000 – $59,201
Texas A&M AgriLife Research3$56,223$53,258 – $68,132
The Curators of the University of Missouri4$53,321$50,368 – $55,380
Emory University4$46,405$44,382 – $47,772

Companies filing the most Research Specialist H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute38$88,691$83,749 – $94,090
University of Illinois Chicago10$67,779$64,766 – $69,838
North Dakota State University7$61,214$56,500 – $62,500
Weill Cornell Medical College6$72,873$55,155 – $84,885
Northwestern University5$63,773$61,798 – $64,938
The Trustees of Princeton University5$58,781$55,000 – $59,201
Emory University4$46,405$44,382 – $47,772
The Curators of the University of Missouri4$53,321$50,368 – $55,380
Brigham and Women's Hospital3$69,997$69,997 – $73,436
Charles River Laboratories3$84,448$83,221 – $84,448
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary3$70,450$66,227 – $74,675
Stowers Institute for Medical Research3$80,000$75,350 – $81,640
Texas A&M AgriLife Research3$56,223$53,258 – $68,132
Texas Department of State Health Services3$70,902$68,123 – $72,726
University of Illinois3$66,427$61,544 – $69,291

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Chicago, IL15$64,688
New York, NY14$84,885
Princeton, NJ8$59,600
Fargo, ND7$61,214
Ashburn, VA5$90,000
Austin, TX5$74,550
Columbia, MO4$53,321
Boston, MA4$70,224
Seattle, WA4$88,124
Atlanta, GA4$46,405
Kansas City, MO4$81,640
Philadelphia, PA4$60,398
College Station, TX3$56,223
Salt Lake City, UT3$61,339
Urbana, IL3$66,427

Wage levels

Level I46% · 64
Level II38% · 53
Level III11% · 16
Level IV5% · 7

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