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Research Fellow: H-1B salaries
2,791 labor condition applications used the job title Research Fellow. Median offered base salary $72,000; middle half $64,079–$83,000.
Applications (LCAs)2,791
Median offered salary$72,000
Middle half of salaries$64,079–$83,000
10th–90th percentile$57,000–$99,744
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Employers
| Employer | LCAs | Median salary |
|---|
| National Institutes of Health, HHS | 690 | $95,000 |
| General Hospital Corporation | 338 | $69,701 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 317 | $72,000 |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | 294 | $72,000 |
| Mayo Clinic | 281 | $63,856 |
| Harvard University | 202 | $76,000 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | 183 | $69,701 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 51 | $63,128 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 45 | $61,996 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 45 | $61,093 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 41 | $60,000 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. | 32 | $60,890 |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary | 30 | $70,000 |
| Joslin Diabetes Center | 23 | $75,130 |
| McLean Hospital | 17 | $60,112 |
| Trustees of Boston University | 16 | $79,433 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | 16 | $52,437 |
| Open Philanthropy Project | 7 | $149,903 |
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | 7 | $65,000 |
| Danar-Farber Cancer Institute | 7 | $72,000 |
| Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. | 7 | $66,081 |
| Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians, Inc | 7 | $77,267 |
| Henry Ford Health System | 6 | $49,382 |
| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | 6 | $64,896 |
| The Clay Mathematics Institute, Inc. | 5 | $43,555 |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute | 4 | $120,000 |
| University of Michigan | 4 | $53,831 |
| Nova Southeastern University | 4 | $56,534 |
| Allegheny Singer Research Institute | 4 | $58,190 |
| Allegheny General Hospital | 4 | $51,800 |
| New York Blood Center | 4 | $80,148 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 4 | $100,392 |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | 4 | $67,514 |
| Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital | 4 | $71,406 |
| MedStar Health Research Institute | 3 | $80,964 |
| Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. | 3 | $70,000 |
| Cato Institute | 3 | $149,000 |
| California State University, San Bernardino | 3 | $62,016 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 3 | $60,445 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute | 3 | $72,000 |
| The Lundquist Institute | 3 | $70,304 |
| Corewell Health | 3 | $64,085 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | 2 | $66,000 |
| New York Society for Relief of Ruptured & Crippled | 2 | $74,720 |
| Vanderbilt University | 2 | $110,000 |
| The President & Fellows of Middlebury College | 2 | $80,059 |
| Providence Health & Services - Oregon | 2 | $71,510 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch | 2 | $61,820 |
| University of South Florida | 2 | $67,500 |
| Georgetown University | 2 | $85,000 |
| Endometriosis Foundation of America Inc | 2 | $72,000 |
| Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | 2 | $77,813 |
| Rapidus US, LLC | 2 | $188,777 |
| CHMC Anesthesia Foundation, Inc. | 2 | $82,981 |
| Trustees of Bosron University | 1 | $60,000 |
| Swedish Health Services | 1 | $71,016 |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics | 1 | $110,677 |
| Applied Biomedical Science Institute | 1 | $85,000 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Instittue | 1 | $75,000 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | 1 | $75,000 |
By wage level
| Wage level | Median salary |
|---|
| Level I (entry) | $71,750 |
| Level II (qualified) | $72,100 |
| Level III (experienced) | $85,000 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | $77,950 |
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 | 770 | $65,000 |
| FY2024 | 741 | $70,179 |
| FY2025 | 700 | $74,000 |
| FY2026 | 495 | $75,000 |
Cities
- Boston, MA1,258
- Bethesda, MD540
- Rochester, MN211
- Charlestown, MA139
- Cincinnati, OH49
- New York, NY48
- Rockville, MD47
- Bronx, NY46
- Austin, TX45
- Cambridge, MA41
- Frederick, MD37
- Jacksonville, FL36
- Research Triangle Park, NC29
- Baltimore, MD27
- Scottsdale, AZ24
- Winston-Salem, NC22
- Belmont, MA19
- Washington, DC17
- Phoenix, AZ8
- Hamilton, MT8
- Pittsburgh, PA8
- San Francisco, CA7
- Stanford, CA7
- Cleveland, OH7
- Orlando, FL7
- Somerville, MA6
- Detroit, MI6
- Brookline, MA5
- Torrance, CA5
- Berkeley, CA4
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).