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Senior Research Associate: H-1B salaries

861 labor condition applications used the job title Senior Research Associate. Median offered base salary $85,986; middle half $70,480–$100,000.

Applications (LCAs)861

Median offered salary$85,986

Middle half of salaries$70,480–$100,000

10th–90th percentile$60,000–$125,000

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
UT Southwestern Medical Center	44	$62,250
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC	34	$175,000
Case Western Reserve University	32	$72,800
Oregon Health & Science University	28	$79,900
The University of Kansas Medical Center	19	$65,000
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.	18	$96,267
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	16	$55,016
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	16	$63,000
University of Georgia	15	$63,000
The University of Southern California	15	$86,008
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.	13	$103,770
The Curators of the University of Missouri	12	$60,237
Northwestern University	12	$77,965
Purdue University	12	$80,606
Cornell University	11	$107,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	11	$77,194
Weill Cornell Medical College	9	$103,530
Texas A&M University	9	$56,493
University of Georgia; OGE	9	$68,000
Michigan State University	8	$65,108
Intellia Therapeutics	8	$90,000
Brewer Science, Inc.	8	$89,440
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.	8	$88,399
Johns Hopkins University	6	$100,419
Evidera, Inc.	6	$130,000
Personalis, Inc.	6	$115,700
TScan Therapeutics, Inc.	6	$75,000
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	6	$91,676
Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc.	6	$91,500
Research Foundation of CUNY	6	$95,550
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.	6	$92,500
M Science LLC	6	$110,000
The Urban Institute	5	$128,172
Texas Tech University	5	$73,317
HMH Hospitals Corporation	5	$77,128
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	4	$86,767
Flagship Labs 85, Inc.	4	$96,000
Jefferies LLC	4	$112,000
Avidity Biosciences Inc.	4	$77,250
The Ohio State University	4	$111,500
Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates	4	$71,064
Board of Trustees, Univ of IL, behalf of Discovery Partners Institute	4	$90,000
Georgia State University	4	$87,000
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	4	$75,722
Carilion Medical Center	4	$67,392
Illinois Institute of Technology	4	$65,000
Capvision Pro Corporation	4	$76,000
SonoThera, Inc.	4	$112,258
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	4	$65,100
The University of Toledo	4	$62,125
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	4	$97,850
Nova India Partners Inc	4	$150,000
Virginia Commonwealth University	3	$74,000
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.	3	$103,921
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	3	$72,000
Lux Research, Inc.	3	$83,500
CAMP4 Therapeutics Corporation	3	$100,000
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$129,002
City of Hope National Medical Center	3	$74,610
The Rockefeller University	3	$100,000

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$75,000
Level II (qualified)	$90,022
Level III (experienced)	$85,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$103,345

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	191	$85,000
FY2024	202	$85,000
FY2025	245	$88,400
FY2026	168	$85,000

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).