Research Instructor H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 40 wage applications for Research Instructor jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 14 employers. The median offered wage was $72,271, 11.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. University of Pittsburgh filed the most (12, median $73,800).

Filings: 40
Positions covered: 35
Employers: 14
Median offered: $72,271
Median prevailing wage: $66,633
Filings since FY2020: 298
Median offer change since FY2020: +24%

Research Instructor, all employers40 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$72,271Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$67,987 to $79,500Where the middle half of the filings fall

$66,633Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Research Instructor jobs rose 24%, from $60,465 in fiscal 2020 to $74,825 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 11.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 54 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 Instructor by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	29	$74,825	+3.9%	$67,475	+11.2%
2025	38	$72,003	+4.6%	$59,075	+12.9%
2024	42	$68,869	+9.6%	$58,198	+11.8%
2023	47	$62,823	−3.3%	$55,120	+16.5%
2022	47	$65,000	+7.3%	$48,942	+17.1%
2021	54	$60,550	+0.1%	$54,122	+10.6%
2020	41	$60,465	n/a	$50,232	+18.8%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
University of Pittsburgh	12	$73,800	+11.0%
Vanderbilt University	5	$71,419	+8.3%
University of Nebraska Medical Center	4	$56,449	+2.6%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$80,014	+31.8%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	3	$82,010	+11.8%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	2	n/a
Georgetown University	2	$89,224	+10.4%
University of Colorado Denver	2	$59,665	at the minimum
Washington University	1	$69,888	+24.0%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	1	$70,000	+59.1%
University of Colorado Denver / Anschutz	1	$57,054	at the minimum
George Mason University	1	$84,000	+13.0%
East Carolina University	1	$82,000	+28.4%
University of Colorado	1	$47,424	at the minimum

Where Research Instructor jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Pittsburgh, PA	12	$73,800	+11.0%
Nashville, TN	9	$73,508	+12.8%
Omaha, NE	4	$56,449	+2.6%
Aurora, CO	3	$53,539	at the minimum
Chapel Hill, NC	3	$82,010	+11.8%
Little Rock, AR	2	n/a
Washington, DC	2	$89,224	+10.4%
Auora, CO	1	$57,054	at the minimum
Cincinnati, OH	1	$70,000	+59.1%
Fairfax, VA	1	$84,000	+13.0%
Greenville, NC	1	$82,000	+28.4%
St. Louis, MO	1	$69,888	+24.0%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry66%

Level II, qualified26%

Level III, experienced9%

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.

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