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Research Associate Professor: H-1B salaries

72 labor condition applications used the job title Research Associate Professor. Median offered base salary $100,000; middle half $80,205–$130,000.

Applications (LCAs)72

Median offered salary$100,000

Middle half of salaries$80,205–$130,000

10th–90th percentile$72,024–$149,974

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Northwestern University	9	$80,000
University of Minnesota	4	$111,296
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	4	$89,542
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	3	$180,000
University of Utah	3	$97,500
The University of Chicago	3	$100,000
University of Florida	2	$103,500
University of Illinois	2	$92,048
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	2	$81,924
University of South Carolina	2	$105,715
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	2	$103,737
American University	2	$104,396
Tennesse State University	2	$65,923
Langston University	2	$56,430
University of North Dakota	2	$125,000
The University of Virginia	2	$138,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	1	$137,134
University of Cincinnati	1	$90,000
University of Pittsburgh	1	$131,615
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	1	$85,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	1	$112,000
University of Michigan	1	$67,820
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	1	$82,728
Trustees of Boston University	1	—
Case Western Reserve University	1	$77,646
Southern Methodist University	1	$115,000
Northeastern University	1	$135,330
The University of Iowa	1	$190,000
The Ohio State University	1	$124,400
Florida International University	1	$100,000
The Graduate School & Univ Ctr of the City University of NY	1	$112,200
Colorado School of Mines	1	$85,280
Loyola University Chicago	1	$120,000
Dignity Health	1	$72,530
University of New Mexico	1	$175,000
Texas Tech University	1	$105,000
Old Dominion University	1	$90,000
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research	1	$96,265
Illinois Institute of Technology	1	$180,000
University of Miami	1	$139,324
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	1	$103,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	1	$90,000

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$93,132
Level II (qualified)	$85,000
Level III (experienced)	$106,940
Level IV (fully competent)	$126,250

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	17	$80,000
FY2024	18	$113,500
FY2025	21	$100,000
FY2026	13	$133,265

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).