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Research Assistant Professor: H-1B salaries

1,352 labor condition applications used the job title Research Assistant Professor. Median offered base salary $82,388; middle half $71,425–$97,979.

Applications (LCAs)1,352

Median offered salary$82,388

Middle half of salaries$71,425–$97,979

10th–90th percentile$62,484–$115,000

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Northwestern University	120	$85,000
University of Pittsburgh	69	$76,500
University of Florida	51	$80,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	47	$85,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	36	$84,927
Vanderbilt University	32	$73,500
University of Utah	29	$97,000
Washington State University	28	$85,000
Clemson University	28	$70,803
The University of Tennessee	28	$95,400
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	26	$86,250
University of Illinois at Chicago	23	$69,100
University of Miami	23	$112,815
University of Houston	22	$72,285
University of Rochester	21	$65,000
Texas A&M University	20	$78,100
The University of Virginia	20	$98,900
University of New Mexico	20	$76,270
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	19	$110,321
University of Michigan	18	$85,292
The Ohio State University	17	$105,000
Texas Tech University	17	$65,000
University of Washington	17	$114,252
University of Illinois Chicago	17	$72,828
The University of Chicago	16	$86,700
The University of Iowa	16	$77,154
Tufts University	15	$90,000
Oregon Health & Science University	15	$89,784
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	15	$85,804
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	14	$100,000
Trustees of Boston University	14	$88,825
Michigan Technological University	13	$66,331
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	13	$87,924
The University of Texas at Austin	13	$106,291
University of Illinois	12	$93,290
George Mason University	12	$100,800
Florida International University	12	$72,000
The University of Southern California	12	$74,793
University of Nevada, Reno	12	$77,864
Purdue University	12	$100,102
University of Alaska	11	$95,680
North Dakota State University	11	$60,778
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	10	$133,478
State University of New York at Stony Brook	10	$86,615
The University of Kansas Medical Center	9	$76,000
Kansas State University	9	$56,842
Washington University	9	$78,500
University of South Carolina	9	$73,307
Georgia State University	9	$72,500
Syracuse University	9	$79,510
Colorado School of Mines	8	$52,400
West Virginia University	8	$85,505
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	8	$82,500
Oklahoma State University	8	$55,460
University of North Dakota	8	$87,000
University of Notre Dame du Lac	7	$78,750
Arizona State University	7	$67,018
University of North Texas	7	$75,000
Old Dominion University	7	$80,000
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	6	$87,230

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$78,000
Level II (qualified)	$84,000
Level III (experienced)	$90,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$95,000

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	316	$78,010
FY2024	323	$82,400
FY2025	396	$85,000
FY2026	255	$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).