H-1B Salary Lookup

Research Technician H-1B Salary by Company

58 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Technician" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biological Technicians, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists, Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers.

$49,264Median salary
$44,54025th percentile
$55,37575th percentile
58Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Technician

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center7$77,976$60,760 – $78,588
Weill Cornell Medical College3$57,138$56,069 – $58,562
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center6$54,758$52,629 – $55,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute10$47,566$44,540 – $49,500
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia7$45,448$43,555 – $45,448

Companies filing the most Research Technician H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute10$47,566$44,540 – $49,500
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center7$77,976$60,760 – $78,588
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia7$45,448$43,555 – $45,448
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center6$54,758$52,629 – $55,000
Weill Cornell Medical College3$57,138$56,069 – $58,562
Children's National Medical Center2$58,357$54,284 – $62,430
Duke University2$50,752$49,358 – $52,146
Georgetown University2$50,262$48,604 – $51,921
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation2$39,416$39,416 – $39,416
The Ohio State University2$40,310$38,584 – $42,037
The University of Chicago2$53,303$51,954 – $54,652
Arizona State University1$54,517$54,517 – $54,517
California Institute of Technology1$64,272$64,272 – $64,272
Indiana University Indianapolis1$41,059$41,059 – $41,059
La Jolla Institute for Immunology1$64,334$64,334 – $64,334

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Boston, MA11$48,000
New York, NY9$55,000
Philadelphia, PA9$45,448
Seattle, WA7$77,976
Washington, DC4$51,895
Durham, NC2$50,752
Oklahoma City, OK2$39,416
Columbus, OH2$40,310
Chicago, IL2$53,303
Syracuse, NY1$42,058
Tempe, AZ1$54,517
Orangeburg, NY1$66,439
Milwaukee, WI1$54,080
Tuskegee, AL1$39,250
La Jolla, CA1$64,334

Wage levels

Level I57% · 32
Level II32% · 18
Level III4% · 2
Level IV7% · 4

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