H-1B Salary Lookup

Staff Research Associate H-1B Salary by Company

49 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Staff Research Associate" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biological Technicians, Molecular and Cellular Biologists, Biochemists and Biophysicists.

$80,965Median salary
$74,76725th percentile
$86,70975th percentile
49Filings

Top-paying companies for Staff Research Associate

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Arc Research Institute6$107,000$105,125 – $115,250
University of California, San Francisco3$83,361$72,902 – $83,638
University of California, San Diego24$80,925$75,936 – $83,102
University of California, Los Angeles6$69,664$63,152 – $75,941

Companies filing the most Staff Research Associate H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
University of California, San Diego24$80,925$75,936 – $83,102
Arc Research Institute6$107,000$105,125 – $115,250
University of California, Los Angeles6$69,664$63,152 – $75,941
University of California, San Francisco3$83,361$72,902 – $83,638
Northern California Institute for Research and Education2$83,772$77,038 – $90,506
University of California, Berkeley2$95,195$88,526 – $101,864
University of California, Davis2$93,086$87,006 – $99,165
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center1$85,325$85,325 – $85,325
University of California at Santa Barbara1$85,572$85,572 – $85,572
University of California, Irvine1$90,000$90,000 – $90,000
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center1$53,851$53,851 – $53,851

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
La Jolla, CA24$80,925
Los Angeles, CA6$69,664
Palo Alto, CA6$107,000
San Francisco, CA5$83,361
Berkeley, CA2$95,195
Davis, CA2$93,086
Oklahoma City, OK1$53,851
Irvine, CA1$90,000
Santa Barbara, CA1$85,572
Torrance, CA1$85,325

Wage levels

Level I50% · 5
Level II30% · 3
Level III20% · 2
Level IV0% · 0

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