Senior Research Assistant H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Biological Technicians (SOC 19-4021).
Employers filed 46 wage applications for Senior Research Assistant jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 11 employers. The median offered wage was $59,241, 11.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center filed the most (12, median $57,283).
- Filings
- 46
- Positions covered
- 41
- Employers
- 11
- Median offered
- $59,241
- Median prevailing wage
- $52,728
- Filings since FY2020
- 167
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +12%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Senior Research Assistant jobs rose 12%, from $53,000 in fiscal 2020 to $59,241 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 9.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 27 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.
Senior Research Assistant by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 35 | $59,241 | +0.9% | $52,728 | +9.5% |
| 2025 | 27 | $58,727 | +5.8% | $44,387 | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 22 | $55,494 | −11.7% | $45,906 | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 22 | $62,861 | +8.7% | $51,283 | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 22 | $57,839 | +6.5% | $43,430 | +24.2% |
| 2021 | 19 | $54,293 | +2.4% | $43,171 | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 20 | $53,000 | n/a | $39,322 | +23.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | 12 | $57,283 | +32.7% | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 7 | $90,000 | +1.6% | |
| Vanderbilt University | 6 | $56,503 | +14.0% | |
| Baylor College of Medicine | 6 | $69,562 | +22.3% | |
| The Brookings Institution | 4 | $57,500 | +0.2% | |
| Tufts University | 3 | $75,130 | at the minimum | |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | 3 | $53,000 | +0.5% | |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Kansas City | 2 | $55,000 | +25.9% | |
| Texas Biomedical Research Institute | 1 | $47,516 | +12.3% | |
| Indiana University | 1 | n/a | ||
| Northeast Ohio Medical University | 1 | $41,995 | at the minimum | |
Where Senior Research Assistant jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 18 | $60,000 | +27.2% | |
| New York, NY | 7 | $90,000 | +1.6% | |
| Boston, MA | 5 | $53,000 | +0.5% | |
| Nashville, TN | 5 | $56,160 | +16.4% | |
| Washington, DC | 4 | $57,500 | +0.2% | |
| Kansas City, MO | 2 | $55,000 | +25.9% | |
| Bloomington, IN | 1 | n/a | ||
| Franklin, TN | 1 | $56,846 | +11.6% | |
| Medford, MA | 1 | $75,130 | at the minimum | |
| Rootstown, OH | 1 | $41,995 | at the minimum | |
| San Antonio, TX | 1 | $47,516 | +12.3% | |
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.