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Research Project Manager: H-1B salaries

47 labor condition applications used the job title Research Project Manager. Median offered base salary $80,000; middle half $72,250–$93,602.

Applications (LCAs)47

Median offered salary$80,000

Middle half of salaries$72,250–$93,602

10th–90th percentile$69,505–$107,331

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Northwestern University	6	$79,516
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	4	$96,970
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	4	$72,000
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	3	$70,000
Baylor Research Institute	2	$75,500
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2	$85,437
New England Baptist Hospital	2	$79,984
Boston College	2	$82,000
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	2	$115,000
Advertising Research Foundation, Inc.	1	$120,000
Silliker, Inc.	1	$93,600
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	1	$72,800
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	1	$58,000
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	1	$90,000
SecureBio, Inc.	1	—
Columbia University	1	$103,241
Group Health Plan, Inc.	1	$69,389
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	1	$75,000
Affordable Housing Institute Inc.	1	$69,000
Trustees of Boston University	1	$100,900
Center for Violence Prevention Research, INC	1	$72,800
The University of Kansas	1	$85,000
Colorado State University	1	$64,000
Mississippi State University	1	$108,354
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	1	$85,000
Sanofi US Services Inc.	1	$134,098
Preventative Screening Staffing Solutions LLC	1	$100,000
Dignity Health	1	$69,971
University of Pittsburgh	1	$80,000

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$77,492
Level II (qualified)	$72,650
Level III (experienced)	$90,990
Level IV (fully competent)	$85,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	11	$79,984
FY2024	14	$77,426
FY2025	10	$96,970
FY2026	8	$80,000

Cities

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).