Research Associate salary at Michigan State University

Based on 36 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $64,314. That is 9% below the $70,838 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $64,314
25th pct: $59,503
75th pct: $70,000
90th pct: $80,496
Filings: 36

How Michigan State University compares

Other employers filing Research Associate

Employers filing Research Associate, compared with Michigan State University
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	86	$75,000	+17%
Johns Hopkins University	86	$71,532	+11%
Harvard University	75	$82,400	+28%
Mayo Clinic	67	$77,961	+21%
Northwestern University	51	$70,000	+9%
The University of Virginia	51	$64,000	-0%
Weill Cornell Medical College	40	$75,817	+18%
The University of Texas at Austin	38	$90,000	+40%
Michigan State University	36	$64,314	—
Cornell University	32	$80,750	+26%
Oregon State University	32	$68,004	+6%
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	32	$66,706	+4%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32	$64,304	-0%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	28	$80,000	+24%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	28	$57,175	-11%
The University of Southern California	24	$69,071	+7%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	21	$62,000	-4%
The Rockefeller University	20	$78,140	+21%
University of Maryland Baltimore	18	$76,782	+19%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	18	$76,126	+18%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	16	$85,588	+33%
University of Utah	15	$70,000	+9%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	14	$78,853	+23%
Case Western Reserve University	14	$60,281	-6%
The University of Texas at Dallas	14	$60,000	-7%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Research Associate filings at Michigan State University
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
East Lansing, MI	$71,000	$54,226	I	H-1B	Sep 22, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$63,627	$63,627	II	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$85,176	$85,176	IV	H-1B	Sep 11, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$65,582	$63,045	I	H-1B	Sep 5, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$70,000	$63,773	III	H-1B	Aug 13, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$52,662	$50,960	I	H-1B	Aug 8, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$58,011	$50,960	I	H-1B	Aug 8, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$67,500	$55,661	I	H-1B	Jul 31, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$67,824	$56,139	I	H-1B	Jul 8, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$57,949	$57,949	I	H-1B	Jun 18, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$64,356	$50,149	—	H-1B	Jun 18, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$60,878	$55,099	—	H-1B	Jun 5, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$58,000	$42,640	II	H-1B	May 30, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$70,000	$67,496	IV	H-1B	May 15, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$80,496	$80,496	—	H-1B	May 6, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$64,086	$58,380	I	H-1B	May 4, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$65,000	$63,086	III	H-1B	Apr 14, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$61,880	$61,880	—	H-1B	Apr 3, 2025
Lansing, MI	$80,496	$65,936	II	H-1B	Mar 6, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$57,075	$57,075	I	H-1B	Mar 4, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$57,949	$57,949	—	H-1B	Mar 3, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$62,774	$62,774	III	H-1B	Mar 2, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$60,000	$58,011	III	H-1B	Mar 2, 2025
East Lansing, MI	$80,496	$65,936	II	H-1B	Feb 25, 2025
Grand Rapids, MI	$85,004	$50,149	—	H-1B	Jan 30, 2025

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