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Staff Scientist H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,052 certified H-1B applications for Staff Scientist roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $77,491. The typical offer was 19% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

Median salary offered
$77,491
Middle half earn
$67,000 to $104,184
Top 10% earn over
$126,934
Certified filings
1,052

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianvs allMiddle half
Washington University288$65,412−16%$62,000 – $69,490
National Institutes of Health, HHS150$122,026+57%$117,963 – $130,000
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope59$83,459+8%$80,443 – $89,133
Albert Einstein College of Medicine54$75,000−3%$71,000 – $78,982
The Scripps Research Institute53$78,000+1%$78,000 – $84,843
The University of Chicago50$76,986−1%$71,181 – $84,594
Baylor College of Medicine40$74,492−4%$70,000 – $77,282
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute27$75,587−2%$72,500 – $80,000
University of Rochester26$60,000−23%$56,625 – $63,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center25$96,659+25%$87,000 – $113,053
City of Hope National Medical Center19$86,979+12%$80,443 – $100,000
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center17$66,685−14%$57,500 – $70,000
Children's Hospital Corporation15$90,000+16%$81,000 – $105,000
Oregon Health & Science University15$108,160+40%$99,750 – $109,080
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab15$148,000+91%$129,350 – $154,000
California Institute of Technology14$78,250+1%$75,763 – $93,248
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans11$60,000−23%$60,000 – $61,692
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia10$87,558+13%$75,083 – $95,258
Vanderbilt University Medical Center10$72,583−6%$72,583 – $73,944
University of Florida9$72,562−6%$72,000 – $79,558
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies8$79,600+3%$77,500 – $84,628
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology7$77,2730%$77,000 – $78,676
Georgetown University7$69,971−10%$69,247 – $73,415
Corning Research & Development Corporation7$123,434+59%$119,984 – $126,764
Vanderbilt University7$77,000−1%$74,500 – $79,000
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC6$197,169+154%$177,244 – $201,391
Benaroya Research Institute5$93,349+20%$90,187 – $93,702
Illumina, Inc.5$118,200+53%$116,376 – $125,000
Children's National Medical Center4$77,4560%$69,655 – $89,793
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.3$75,000−3%$73,203 – $93,702
The Translational Genomics Research Institute3$73,861−5%$71,299 – $74,734
Southern Microbiological Services, LLC3$75,000−3%$75,000 – $82,500
Washington State University3$67,000−14%$66,000 – $69,200
Sirius XM Radio LLC3$240,000+210%$220,000 – $240,000
Axle Informatics2$120,579+56%$120,579 – $120,579
Carnegie Institution for Science2$161,000+108%$156,500 – $165,500
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center2$70,524−9%$69,365 – $71,683
Sanford Laboratories for Innovative Medicines2$105,000+35%$105,000 – $105,000
Michigan State University2$125,275+62%$123,538 – $127,012
UT Southwestern Medical Center2$91,872+19%$86,936 – $96,809
Integrated Decisions and Systems, Inc.2$113,412+46%$112,939 – $113,885
La Jolla Institute for Immunology2$86,922+12%$85,882 – $87,961
Latitude AI, LLC2$237,210+206%$224,565 – $249,855
Guidehouse Digital LLC2$121,785+57%$121,785 – $121,785
Eurofins EAG Agroscience, LLC2$69,344−11%$67,172 – $71,516
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home2$80,000+3%$80,000 – $80,000
Geisinger Clinic2$71,760−7%$67,642 – $75,878
The Forsyth Institute2$45,718−41%$45,718 – $45,718
Dexcom, Inc.1$141,800+83%$141,800 – $141,800
Ecolab USA Inc.1$125,000+61%$125,000 – $125,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
St. Louis, MO288$65,412$62,000 – $69,490
Bethesda, MD130$122,409$118,125 – $130,730
La Jolla, CA91$78,000$75,587 – $84,696
Duarte, CA58$85,690$80,443 – $100,000
Bronx, NY52$75,000$71,000 – $78,000
Chicago, IL51$77,482$71,312 – $84,797
Houston, TX40$74,492$70,000 – $77,282
Seattle, WA32$93,934$86,501 – $104,975
Rochester, NY26$60,000$56,625 – $63,000
Monrovia, CA20$82,730$80,443 – $86,588
Boston, MA18$85,495$76,000 – $103,761
Nashville, TN17$74,000$72,583 – $77,000
Oklahoma City, OK17$66,685$57,500 – $70,000
Menlo Park, CA16$148,000$110,700 – $151,000
Philadelphia, PA15$77,273$75,494 – $86,648
Pasadena, CA14$78,250$75,763 – $101,501
Washington, DC12$70,900$69,615 – $85,064
Portland, OR11$108,160$108,160 – $126,084
New Orleans, LA11$60,000$60,000 – $61,692
San Diego, CA11$118,200$110,400 – $138,552

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I391$66,100
Level II365$84,843
Level III105$112,403
Level IV63$124,220

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

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023146$71,017
2024361$78,000
2025335$78,000
2026210$78,874

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