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Research Assistant: H-1B salaries

423 labor condition applications used the job title Research Assistant. Median offered base salary $53,040; middle half $48,002–$60,528.

Applications (LCAs)423

Median offered salary$53,040

Middle half of salaries$48,002–$60,528

10th–90th percentile$40,064–$70,000

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	42	$55,810
Washington University	37	$52,603
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	31	$67,000
The Rockefeller University	22	$50,500
Wayne State University	22	$53,290
The University of Iowa	17	$45,822
Case Western Reserve University	15	$46,035
North Carolina State University	12	$60,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	9	$53,123
Georgetown University	8	$53,300
University of Pittsburgh	8	$39,686
Yerezhepova Law, PC	8	$55,650
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.	7	$60,500
Research Foundation of CUNY	7	$75,000
Texas A&M University	6	$37,038
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	6	$32,552
Vanderbilt University	6	$50,409
The Catholic University of America	6	$89,209
Arkansas State University	5	$47,978
The University of Kansas Medical Center	5	$49,920
Chapin Hall Center for Children	5	$55,000
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	5	$38,980
University of Oregon	5	$49,465
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	4	$44,910
University of North Texas Health Science Center-Fort Worth	4	$40,920
Kansas State University	4	$40,878
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	4	$65,181
Virginia Commonwealth University	4	$40,000
The Florida State University	3	$39,062
University of North Texas Health Science Center	3	$55,008
The Mind-Eye Institute	3	$47,000
The Roskamp Institute, Inc.	2	$48,506
Texas Children's Hospital	2	$59,946
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	2	$40,046
NEC Laboratories America, Inc.	2	$97,500
Henry Ford Health System	2	$31,938
The University of Texas El Paso	2	$52,272
Start Early	2	—
China Labor Watch, Inc.	2	$60,000
State University of New York at Binghamton	2	$53,996
Oakland University	2	$58,128
Prairie View A&M University	2	$45,159
Exeter Associates, Inc.	2	$72,000
Trustees of the Smith College	2	$42,320
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	2	$44,346
Biotex, Inc	2	$69,809
Michigan Technological University	2	—
BPG Bio Inc.	2	$63,500
Tufts University	2	$55,788
Institute for Child Success, Inc.	2	$59,000
The Middle East Institute	2	$50,000
West Virginia State University Research and Development Corporation	2	$50,500
Extrna, Inc.	2	$75,550
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	2	$64,896
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research	2	$49,990
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	2	$52,000
University of New Hampshire	2	—
University at Albany, State University of New York	1	$74,115
Texas Children's Physician Group	1	—
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	1	$44,741

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$51,011
Level II (qualified)	$55,500
Level III (experienced)	$55,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$68,266

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	104	$50,305
FY2024	96	$53,284
FY2025	96	$53,546
FY2026	86	$55,133

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).