Assistant Research Professor H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Biochemists and Biophysicists (SOC 19-1021).

Employers filed 223 wage applications for Assistant Research Professor jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 46 employers. The median offered wage was $80,014, 18.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. The Pennsylvania State University filed the most (43, median $70,656).

Filings: 223
Positions covered: 212
Employers: 46
Median offered: $80,014
Median prevailing wage: $67,018
Filings since FY2020: 1,093
Median offer change since FY2020: +17%

Assistant Research Professor, all employers223 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$80,014Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$71,433 to $94,494Where the middle half of the filings fall

$67,018Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Assistant Research Professor jobs rose 17%, from $70,000 in fiscal 2020 to $81,664 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 196 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Assistant Research Professor by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	156	$81,664	+2.1%	$66,235	+19.9%
2025	196	$80,000	+0.3%	$64,334	+22.5%
2024	170	$79,780	+5.8%	$61,204	+22.2%
2023	193	$75,428	+0.8%	$57,637	+24.3%
2022	139	$74,825	+6.9%	$56,139	+33.2%
2021	116	$70,000	no change	$50,565	+31.1%
2020	123	$70,000	n/a	$53,758	+23.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
The Pennsylvania State University	43	$70,656	+18.5%
Indiana University Indianapolis	25	$73,771	+22.6%
University of Maryland College Park	23	$98,871	+11.2%
University of Connecticut	23	$75,234	+36.8%
The University of Arizona	13	$105,000	+23.0%
The Curators of the University of Missouri	9	$71,400	at the minimum
North Carolina State University	7	$75,190	+15.8%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	7	$94,315	+0.8%
Mississippi State University	6	$81,500	+11.9%
Auburn University	5	$95,285	+19.5%
Johns Hopkins University	5	$114,200	+56.1%
University of Notre Dame du Lac	4	$79,485	+9.1%
Arizona State University	3	$90,000	+2.7%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	3	$71,000	+9.5%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	3	$92,700	+47.5%
Georgetown University	3	$75,220	+10.0%
Duke University	2	$85,125	+39.8%
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	2	$66,000	+15.1%
The University of Texas El Paso	2	$71,250	+21.2%
University of South Florida	2	$97,984	+28.8%
Saint Louis University	2	$85,000	+28.2%
Indiana University	2	$74,083	+51.1%
W.M. Rice University	2	$81,536	at the minimum
University of North Dakota	2	$118,652	+50.2%
The George Washington University	2	$100,930	+52.4%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 46. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Assistant Research Professor jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
University Park, PA	41	$70,656	+20.4%
Indianapolis, IN	26	$73,000	+20.4%
Storrs, CT	21	$74,902	+34.0%
Riverdale, MD	12	$101,258	+15.1%
Tucson, AZ	11	$102,000	+23.0%
College Park, MD	10	$95,285	+9.1%
Columbia, MO	9	$71,400	at the minimum
Raleigh, NC	8	$74,675	+16.2%
Auburn, AL	5	$95,285	+19.5%
Baltimore, MD	5	$114,200	+56.1%
Piscataway, NJ	5	$103,500	+10.6%
Notre Dame, IN	4	$79,485	+9.1%
Washington, DC	4	$76,040	+8.6%
Aurora, CO	3	$73,965	at the minimum
Little Rock, AR	3	$92,700	+47.5%
Mississippi State, MS	3	$80,000	+4.1%
Starkville, MS	3	$83,000	+18.1%
Tempe, AZ	3	$90,000	+2.7%
Worcester, MA	3	$71,000	+9.5%
Bloomington, IN	2	$74,083	+51.1%
Durham, NC	2	$85,125	+39.8%
El Paso, TX	2	$71,250	+21.2%
Grand Forks, ND	2	$118,652	+50.2%
Houston, TX	2	$81,536	at the minimum
Newark, NJ	2	$94,231	+0.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry48%

Level II, qualified23%

Level III, experienced27%

Level IV, fully competent3%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
7 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.