Research Associate I H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 58 wage applications for Research Associate I jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 29 employers. The median offered wage was $71,219, 9.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute filed the most (6, median $76,808).

Filings: 58
Positions covered: 57
Employers: 29
Median offered: $71,219
Median prevailing wage: $62,442
Filings since FY2020: 363
Median offer change since FY2020: +30%

Research Associate I, all employers58 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$71,219Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$58,630 to $79,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$62,442Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Research Associate I jobs rose 30%, from $55,000 in fiscal 2020 to $71,610 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 66 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.

Research Associate I by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	47	$71,610	+2.5%	$61,774	+11.1%
2025	65	$69,888	+9.6%	$62,442	+4.5%
2024	66	$63,773	+7.5%	$58,760	+5.5%
2023	42	$59,343	−4.4%	$50,867	+8.2%
2022	63	$62,100	+4.5%	$56,472	+5.6%
2021	35	$59,410	+8.0%	$54,850	+5.5%
2020	45	$55,000	n/a	$48,901	+1.5%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	6	$76,808	+20.9%
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	6	$57,777	+5.2%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	4	$84,321	+13.4%
University of Connecticut	4	$76,940	at the minimum
University of Miami	3	$46,082	+9.4%
Adimab Service Company, LLC	2	$93,500	+26.2%
University of Connecticut Health Center	2	$94,391	+0.6%
Pheast Therapeutics, Inc	2	$156,270	+28.9%
Mississippi State University	2	$50,500	+28.7%
Colorado State University	2	$62,454	+6.3%
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	2	$70,617	+7.1%
Baylor Research Institute	2	$81,640	+27.6%
Education Development Center	2	$73,202	+23.1%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	2	$43,500	+10.4%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	2	$49,962	+19.2%
Auburn University	1	$52,050	at the minimum
Georgia Institute of Technology	1	$102,300	+100.5%
South Dakota State University	1	$62,394	+1.0%
Altos Labs Inc.	1	$84,900	at the minimum
Connecticut Children's Medical Center	1	$63,750	+33.7%
Hansoh Bio LLC	1	$78,000	+22.5%
MedGenome, Inc.	1	$68,661	at the minimum
Buck Institute for Research on Aging	1	$60,237	+13.1%
The J. David Gladstone Institutes	1	$70,762	at the minimum

Showing the 24 employers with the most filings of 29. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Research Associate I jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Houston, TX	6	$76,808	+20.9%
Milwaukee, WI	6	$57,777	+5.2%
Boston, MA	3	$71,532	at the minimum
Redwood City, CA	3	$156,270	+28.9%
Waltham, MA	3	$73,202	+23.1%
Dallas, TX	2	$81,640	+27.6%
Farmington, CT	2	$94,391	+0.6%
Fort Collins, CO	2	$62,454	+6.3%
La Jolla, CA	2	$49,962	+19.2%
Lebanon, NH	2	$93,500	+26.2%
Leland, MS	2	$50,500	+28.7%
Miami, FL	2	$45,952	+4.7%
New Brunswick, NJ	2	$80,993	+9.0%
New Orleans, LA	2	$43,500	+10.4%
Palo Alto, CA	2	$66,554	+5.5%
Piscataway, NJ	2	$88,480	+19.0%
West Lafayette, IN	2	$58,000	+0.3%
Atlanta, GA	1	$102,300	+100.5%
Auburn, AL	1	$52,050	at the minimum
Brookings, SD	1	$62,394	+1.0%
Cambridge, MA	1	$75,000	+29.9%
Coral Gables, FL	1	$58,633	+13.3%
Foster City, CA	1	$68,661	at the minimum
Groton, CT	1	$74,880	at the minimum
Hartford, CT	1	$63,750	+33.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry50%

Level II, qualified33%

Level III, experienced17%

Level IV, fully competent0%

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.
3 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.