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Assistant Research Professor: H-1B salaries

715 labor condition applications used the job title Assistant Research Professor. Median offered base salary $80,000; middle half $68,471–$92,668.

Applications (LCAs)715

Median offered salary$80,000

Middle half of salaries$68,471–$92,668

10th–90th percentile$62,000–$111,644

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
The Pennsylvania State University	136	$70,080
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	62	$70,000
Indiana University Indianapolis	49	$78,778
University of Connecticut	47	$73,500
University of Maryland College Park	45	$96,088
The University of Arizona	42	$84,500
The Curators of the University of Missouri	30	$60,778
Mississippi State University	29	$85,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	23	$90,423
North Carolina State University	19	$82,400
Auburn University	16	$88,840
Arizona State University	14	$75,000
Duke University	13	$85,000
Cornell University	11	$99,275
University of Notre Dame du Lac	11	$73,861
Emory University	10	$119,500
Johns Hopkins University	9	$114,200
Georgetown University	8	$77,610
W.M. Rice University	8	$95,680
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology	8	$65,520
City of Hope National Medical Center	7	$122,769
University of Colorado Denver	7	$73,965
Saint Louis University	6	$85,000
Northeastern University	6	$110,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	6	$68,000
Loyola Marymount University	5	$150,000
University of South Florida	5	$85,722
The George Washington University	5	$76,860
Drexel University	5	$72,500
Institute for Cancer Research	5	$75,500
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	4	$119,989
University of North Dakota	3	$110,000
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	3	$92,700
CU Denver	2	$84,975
Florida Atlantic University	2	$113,946
The University of Kansas	2	$86,910
Duke University and Health System	2	$76,922
University of Colorado	2	$107,672
University of Arizona - Mining and Geological Engineering Dept.	2	$91,500
Montana State University	2	$55,660
Indiana University	2	$74,083
Northern Arizona University	2	$78,155
University of Central Florida	2	$99,029
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	2	$75,000
Clemson University	2	$70,714
New Jersey Institute of Technology	2	$70,500
University of New Hampshire	2	$90,000
Rowan University	2	$84,484
Louisiana State University and A&M College	2	$74,814
Desert Research Institute	2	$98,640
Illinois Institute of Technology	1	$150,000
University of Maine	1	$79,999
Boise State University	1	$62,108
Carnegie Mellon University	1	$115,000
Fox Chase Cancer Center	1	$135,000
University of Kentucky	1	$95,000
South Dakota State University	1	$80,280
Florida Institute of Technology	1	$80,000
University of Wisconsin System	1	$71,136
The Ohio University	1	$97,176

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$72,876
Level II (qualified)	$82,329
Level III (experienced)	$90,372
Level IV (fully competent)	$95,874

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	177	$75,795
FY2024	161	$80,000
FY2025	186	$80,000
FY2026	142	$81,572

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).