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Senior Research Specialist: H-1B salaries

371 labor condition applications used the job title Senior Research Specialist. Median offered base salary $99,341; middle half $70,669–$113,556.

Applications (LCAs)371

Median offered salary$99,341

Middle half of salaries$70,669–$113,556

10th–90th percentile$54,875–$120,411

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
The Dow Chemical Company	194	$110,864
The Trustees of Princeton University	39	$64,500
Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC	24	$111,446
Dow Silicones Corporation	21	$111,634
University of Pittsburgh	19	$51,293
Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division	11	$73,627
The Curators of the University of Missouri	10	$45,968
University of Illinois at Chicago	8	$68,998
University of Illinois Chicago	8	$69,167
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	4	$62,500
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	4	$58,761
Vanderbilt University	4	$72,146
University of Illinois	3	$86,022
Nokia of America Corporation	3	$147,400
Sanford	3	$56,056
The University of Chicago	2	$158,129
Arizona State University	2	$51,355
Avery Dennison Corporation	2	$130,434
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1	$50,000
Washington University	1	$48,381
The Ohio State University	1	$85,000
Sanford Research	1	$45,739
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology	1	$54,000
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	1	$85,000
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	1	$91,730
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	1	$84,843
University of Rochester	1	$72,000
Refinitiv US LLC	1	$173,986

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$57,000
Level II (qualified)	$77,316
Level III (experienced)	$107,515
Level IV (fully competent)	$123,708

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	113	$102,690
FY2024	78	$95,222
FY2025	101	$107,515
FY2026	68	$90,834

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).