Research Manager H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Survey Researchers (SOC 19-3022).
Employers filed 30 wage applications for Research Manager jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 18 employers. The median offered wage was $90,000, 7.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. World Services US Inc. filed the most (8, median $90,000).
- Filings
- 30
- Positions covered
- 30
- Employers
- 18
- Median offered
- $90,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $84,947
- Filings since FY2020
- 121
- Median offer change since FY2020
- −11%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Research Manager jobs fell 11%, from $100,678 in fiscal 2020 to $90,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 25 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 Manager by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 25 | $90,000 | −7.4% | $87,027 | +7.8% |
| 2025 | 15 | $97,178 | +8.0% | $77,147 | +25.3% |
| 2024 | 11 | $90,000 | −28.0% | $80,850 | +12.9% |
| 2023 | 17 | $125,000 | +56.3% | $99,299 | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 16 | $80,000 | −12.1% | $74,828 | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 12 | $91,021 | −9.6% | $91,021 | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 25 | $100,678 | n/a | $92,019 | +4.8% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Services US Inc. | 8 | $90,000 | +32.9% | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 3 | $92,000 | +19.3% | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 2 | $278,703 | +68.3% | |
| Evidence Action Inc. | 2 | $79,005 | +18.4% | |
| The University of Iowa | 1 | $74,589 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute | 1 | $200,000 | +41.9% | |
| Upwork Services LLC | 1 | $190,800 | +2.5% | |
| Global Private Capital Association | 1 | $92,082 | at the minimum | |
| Rethink Priorities | 1 | $122,100 | +7.8% | |
| Kansas State University | 1 | $103,854 | at the minimum | |
| True North Insights, Inc. | 1 | $120,000 | +6.2% | |
| The University of Chicago | 1 | $67,538 | at the minimum | |
| Cbre, Inc. | 1 | $112,694 | at the minimum | |
| A.T. Kearney, Inc. | 1 | $156,208 | at the minimum | |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | 1 | $65,416 | at the minimum | |
| CDK Global, LLC | 1 | $128,814 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 16 employers with the most filings of 18. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Research Manager jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 13 | $90,000 | +27.7% | |
| Chicago, IL | 3 | $79,005 | +18.4% | |
| Berkeley, CA | 2 | $165,000 | +77.5% | |
| Hartford, CT | 2 | $87,194 | at the minimum | |
| Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $278,703 | +68.3% | |
| Black Diamond, WA | 1 | $156,208 | at the minimum | |
| Iowa City, IA | 1 | $74,589 | at the minimum | |
| Lincoln, NE | 1 | $65,416 | at the minimum | |
| Mountain View, CA | 1 | $190,800 | +2.5% | |
| Pleasanton, CA | 1 | $128,814 | at the minimum | |
| Salina, KS | 1 | $103,854 | at the minimum | |
| San Francisco, CA | 1 | $122,100 | +7.8% | |
| Seattle, WA | 1 | $112,694 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
- 1 filing is 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.