Senior Research Assistant H-1B salaries

Employers filed 72 certified H-1B applications for Senior Research Assistant roles between Feb 2023 and May 2026. The median salary was $58,500. The typical offer was 16% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $58,500
Middle half earn: $54,918 to $66,080
Top 10% earn over: $83,113
Certified filings: 72

Every filing

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Pay by employer


The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	24	$57,030	−3%	$54,533 – $60,000
Baylor College of Medicine	12	$68,505	+17%	$65,536 – $70,745
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	8	$90,000	+54%	$84,750 – $90,000
Vanderbilt University	8	$56,160	−4%	$52,000 – $57,634
The Brookings Institution	6	$55,750	−5%	$55,277 – $58,250
Brigham and Women's Hospital	5	$53,000	−9%	$53,000 – $55,712
The Curators of the University of Missouri	1	$56,368	−4%	$56,368 – $56,368
Kennedy Krieger Institute	1	$55,494	−5%	$55,494 – $55,494
The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Kansas City	1	$55,000	−6%	$55,000 – $55,000
Northeast Ohio Medical University	1	$41,995	−28%	$41,995 – $41,995
Texas Biomedical Research Institute	1	$47,516	−19%	$47,516 – $47,516
University of Arkansas	1	$48,547	−17%	$48,547 – $48,547
Tufts University	1	$75,130	+28%	$75,130 – $75,130
Weill Cornell Medical College	1	$50,232	−14%	$50,232 – $50,232
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute	1	$60,570	+4%	$60,570 – $60,570

Where these jobs are

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Houston, TX	35	$60,000	$56,075 – $65,298
New York, NY	9	$90,000	$84,000 – $90,000
Nashville, TN	7	$56,160	$52,000 – $58,080
Washington, DC	6	$55,750	$55,277 – $58,250
Boston, MA	5	$53,000	$53,000 – $55,712
Baltimore, MD	1	$55,494	$55,494 – $55,494
Austin, TX	1	$54,672	$54,672 – $54,672
Franklin, TN	1	$56,846	$56,846 – $56,846
Fayetteville, AR	1	$48,547	$48,547 – $48,547
Columbia, MO	1	$56,368	$56,368 – $56,368
Medford, MA	1	$75,130	$75,130 – $75,130
Kansas City, MO	1	$55,000	$55,000 – $55,000
Rootstown, OH	1	$41,995	$41,995 – $41,995
San Antonio, TX	1	$47,516	$47,516 – $47,516
White Plains, NY	1	$60,570	$60,570 – $60,570

By experience level


Level I	14	$56,184
Level II	28	$55,348
Level III	10	$72,000
Level IV	3	$92,664

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year


2023	6	$58,910
2024	21	$56,160
2025	28	$56,503
2026	17	$60,000

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