Research Fellow H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 717 wage applications for Research Fellow jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 52 employers. The median offered wage was $74,982, 17.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. National Institutes of Health, HHS filed the most (123, median $102,305).

Filings: 717
Positions covered: 828
Employers: 52
Median offered: $74,982
Median prevailing wage: $65,400
Filings since FY2020: 4,905
Median offer change since FY2020: +29%

Research Fellow, all employers717 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$74,982Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$71,038 to $80,308Where the middle half of the filings fall

$65,400Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Research Fellow jobs rose 29%, from $58,237 in fiscal 2020 to $75,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 806 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 Fellow by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	510	$75,000	+1.4%	$65,400	+19.5%
2025	727	$74,000	+5.6%	$62,650	+18.3%
2024	764	$70,080	+7.8%	$54,947	+28.4%
2023	790	$65,000	+6.9%	$54,392	+23.2%
2022	806	$60,780	+1.6%	$46,072	+22.1%
2021	645	$59,800	+2.7%	$45,344	+24.4%
2020	663	$58,237	n/a	$44,408	+20.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
National Institutes of Health, HHS	123	$102,305	+59.4%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	104	$74,160	+22.2%
Mayo Clinic	84	$68,564	+9.9%
Children's Hospital Corporation	78	$77,266	+3.0%
General Hospital Corporation	78	$71,453	+0.5%
Harvard University	57	$76,000	+23.8%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	46	$71,750	+0.5%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	28	$64,510	+36.0%
The University of Texas at Austin	18	$66,285	+24.2%
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	11	$71,750	+0.5%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	9	$75,000	+6.5%
Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.	7	$77,267	+8.2%
Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians, Inc	7	$77,267	+8.2%
Trustees of Boston University	4	$87,561	+38.8%
McLean Hospital	4	$71,578	+0.2%
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	3	$64,896	+6.4%
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	3	$100,785	+29.3%
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, LLC	3	$72,000	+25.6%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	3	$60,000	+4.0%
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	3	$71,406	at the minimum
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	3	$64,896	+15.5%
Nova Southeastern University	3	$56,534	+8.4%
MedStar Health Research Institute	2	$91,927	+1.2%
CHMC Anesthesia Foundation, Inc.	2	$82,981	+14.4%
The President & Fellows of Middlebury College	2	$80,059	+86.7%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 52. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Research Fellow jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Boston, MA	350	$75,000	+14.0%
Bethesda, MD	95	$102,549	+61.0%
Rochester, MN	63	$68,564	+11.0%
Charlestown, MA	35	$71,750	+0.5%
Cincinnati, OH	28	$64,510	+36.0%
Austin, TX	18	$66,285	+24.2%
New York, NY	12	$74,580	+6.5%
Cambridge, MA	11	$71,406	at the minimum
Jacksonville, FL	11	$67,282	+8.2%
Rockville, MD	11	$102,246	+56.3%
Washington, DC	11	$107,500	+12.4%
Research Triangle Park, NC	7	$90,354	+39.5%
Frederick, MD	6	$98,913	+78.1%
Winston Salem, NC	5	$64,896	+6.4%
Belmont, MA	4	$71,578	+0.2%
Phoenix, AZ	4	$67,283	+6.3%
Scottsdale, AZ	4	$68,564	+1.9%
Baltimore, MD	3	$89,347	+26.9%
Bronx, NY	3	$60,000	+4.0%
Fort Lauderdale, FL	3	$56,534	+8.4%
Somerville, MA	3	$71,750	+0.5%
Stanford, CA	3	$100,785	+29.3%
Torrance, CA	3	$70,304	+3.5%
Albany, NY	2	$188,777	+0.7%
Brookline, MA	2	$75,406	+14.2%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry75%

Level II, qualified21%

Level III, experienced4%

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.
13 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.