Associate Research Scientist H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (SOC 19-1042).

Employers filed 358 wage applications for Associate Research Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 33 employers. The median offered wage was $79,327, 9.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Yale University filed the most (141, median $75,000).

Filings: 358
Positions covered: 354
Employers: 33
Median offered: $79,327
Median prevailing wage: $73,861
Filings since FY2020: 1,982
Median offer change since FY2020: +18%

Associate Research Scientist, all employers358 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$79,327Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$75,000 to $88,166Where the middle half of the filings fall

$73,861Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Associate Research Scientist jobs rose 18%, from $67,142 in fiscal 2020 to $79,327 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 354 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.

Associate Research Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	277	$79,327	no change	$73,861	+8.3%
2025	340	$79,327	+5.8%	$72,862	+9.1%
2024	354	$75,000	+7.1%	$69,160	+7.9%
2023	251	$70,035	+3.4%	$66,100	+9.8%
2022	292	$67,753	+2.5%	$66,100	+18.2%
2021	250	$66,100	−1.6%	$66,100	+7.4%
2020	218	$67,142	n/a	$56,867	+15.7%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Yale University	141	$75,000	+28.1%
Columbia University	123	$80,500	+1.5%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	17	$80,136	+16.1%
Northeastern University	7	$86,424	+4.6%
Johns Hopkins University	7	$98,010	+20.4%
The Simons Foundation Inc.	7	$158,330	+55.8%
Arizona State University	5	$80,000	+31.9%
The Jackson Laboratory	5	$73,861	at the minimum
The Dow Chemical Company	5	$141,591	at the minimum
PPD Development, L.P.	4	$78,136	at the minimum
New York University	4	$99,896	+35.7%
Texas A&M University	4	$81,372	+18.3%
University of Maryland College Park	3	$133,722	+42.9%
Brandeis University	2	$73,500	+27.6%
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	2	$76,796	+42.8%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	2	$62,022	+27.5%
Freenome Holdings, Inc.	2	$118,311	at the minimum
Texas A&M Transportation Institute	2	$113,466	+18.6%
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	2	$71,788	+10.9%
The University of Iowa	1	$79,707	+7.4%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	1	$100,286	+39.3%
Dow Silicones Corporation	1	$99,341	at the minimum
Texas Christian University	1	$71,000	+32.7%
Indiana University	1	$81,309	+11.6%
Caris MPI, Inc.	1	$104,450	+12.8%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 33. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Associate Research Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	150	$81,370	+3.0%
New Haven, CT	139	$75,000	+29.3%
Boston, MA	8	$86,707	+2.3%
College Station, TX	7	$80,340	+29.0%
Baltimore, MD	6	$101,857	+21.7%
Tempe, AZ	5	$80,000	+30.3%
Farmington, CT	3	$73,861	at the minimum
Freeport, TX	3	$141,591	at the minimum
Brisbane, CA	2	$118,311	at the minimum
College Park, MD	2	$114,185	+80.9%
Edinburg, TX	2	$62,022	+27.5%
Gaithersburg, MD	2	$96,505	+0.1%
Greenbelt, MD	2	$125,361	+22.5%
Middleton, WI	2	$78,136	at the minimum
Waltham, MA	2	$73,500	+27.6%
Albuquerque, NM	1	$85,827	+109.8%
Athens, GA	1	$95,000	+45.8%
Auburn, MI	1	$99,341	at the minimum
Austin, TX	1	$106,166	+27.4%
Bar Harbor, ME	1	$73,861	at the minimum
Bloomington, IN	1	$81,309	+11.6%
Collegeville, PA	1	$111,928	at the minimum
Fort Worth, TX	1	$71,000	+32.7%
Iowa City, IA	1	$79,707	+7.4%
Irvington, NY	1	$84,818	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry44%

Level II, qualified20%

Level III, experienced33%

Level IV, fully competent2%

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.
6 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.