Research Fellow salary at National Institutes of Health, HHS

Based on 138 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $100,030. That is 35% above the $74,000 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$100,030

25th pct

$94,492

75th pct

$107,852

90th pct

$114,959

Filings

138

$79,119$127,891

How National Institutes of Health, HHS compares

Other employers filing Research Fellow

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
National Institutes of Health, HHS	138	$100,030	—
General Hospital Corporation	98	$70,000	-30%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	96	$76,000	-24%
Mayo Clinic	91	$64,085	-36%
Children's Hospital Corporation	71	$77,267	-23%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	60	$70,000	-30%
Harvard University	53	$76,000	-24%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	13	$63,877	-36%
The University of Texas at Austin	12	$70,020	-30%
Joslin Diabetes Center	9	$75,130	-25%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	8	$70,000	-30%
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	7	$70,000	-30%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	7	$61,572	-38%
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.	6	$64,594	-35%
Open Philanthropy Project	4	$149,903	+50%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	4	$68,440	-32%
Kennedy Krieger Institute	4	$67,514	-33%
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	4	$64,896	-35%
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	2	$108,925	+9%
New York Blood Center	2	$81,884	-18%
Trustees of Boston University	2	$76,000	-24%
Endometriosis Foundation of America INC	2	$72,000	-28%
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	2	$70,703	-29%
McLean Hospital	2	$70,000	-30%
University of South Florida	2	$67,500	-33%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Baltimore, MD	$89,347	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 25, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$102,363	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 25, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$103,618	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$101,009	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
Rockville, MD	$99,865	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$109,200	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$111,339	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$106,903	$65,400	—	H-1B	Sep 2, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$122,853	$65,400	—	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$99,720	$72,862	III	H-1B	Aug 28, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$97,374	$65,400	—	H-1B	Aug 26, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$92,366	$65,400	—	H-1B	Aug 19, 2025
Hamilton, MT	$93,599	$63,128	I	H-1B	Aug 15, 2025
Frederick, MD	$103,253	$68,536	I	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$108,933	$65,400	—	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$122,911	$65,400	—	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$108,478	$65,400	—	H-1B	Aug 11, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$117,441	$65,400	—	H-1B	Jul 31, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$96,309	$65,400	—	H-1B	Jul 31, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$99,920	$65,400	—	H-1B	Jul 28, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$95,122	$65,400	—	H-1B	Jul 16, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$105,673	$65,400	—	H-1B	Jul 15, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$89,478	$52,458	I	H-1B	Jul 11, 2025
Research Triangle Park, NC	$94,476	$55,224	I	H-1B	Jul 11, 2025
Bethesda, MD	$154,633	$65,400	—	H-1B	Jul 11, 2025

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