Research Associate salary at Northwestern University

Based on 51 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $70,000. That is 1% below the $70,838 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$70,000

25th pct

$66,246

75th pct

$73,657

90th pct

$77,868

Filings

$59,322$84,772

How Northwestern University compares

Other employers filing Research Associate

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	86	$75,000	+7%
Johns Hopkins University	86	$71,532	+2%
Harvard University	75	$82,400	+18%
Mayo Clinic	67	$77,961	+11%
Northwestern University	51	$70,000	—
The University of Virginia	51	$64,000	-9%
Weill Cornell Medical College	40	$75,817	+8%
The University of Texas at Austin	38	$90,000	+29%
Michigan State University	36	$64,314	-8%
Cornell University	32	$80,750	+15%
Oregon State University	32	$68,004	-3%
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	32	$66,706	-5%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32	$64,304	-8%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	28	$80,000	+14%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	28	$57,175	-18%
The University of Southern California	24	$69,071	-1%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	21	$62,000	-11%
The Rockefeller University	20	$78,140	+12%
University of Maryland Baltimore	18	$76,782	+10%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	18	$76,126	+9%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	16	$85,588	+22%
University of Utah	15	$70,000	+0%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	14	$78,853	+13%
Case Western Reserve University	14	$60,281	-14%
The University of Texas at Dallas	14	$60,000	-14%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Evanston, IL	$70,000	$59,134	II	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL	$72,960	$58,926	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,960	$63,960	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL	$72,761	$70,054	III	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,008	$56,368	I	H-1B	Jul 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,008	$56,368	I	H-1B	Jul 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,960	$63,960	I	H-1B	Jul 22, 2025
Chicago, IL	$73,000	$63,960	I	H-1B	Jul 10, 2025
Evanston, IL	$69,000	$50,149	I	H-1B	Jul 2, 2025
Evanston, IL	$70,000	$47,258	I	H-1B	Jun 30, 2025
Evanston, IL	$85,280	$63,232	I	H-1B	Jun 17, 2025
Chicago, IL	$82,000	$58,510	III	H-1B	May 30, 2025
Evanston, IL	$68,000	$47,258	I	H-1B	May 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$74,088	$47,507	I	H-1B	May 22, 2025
Evanston, IL	$61,428	$51,646	III	H-1B	May 22, 2025
Evanston, IL	$61,428	$51,646	III	H-1B	May 22, 2025
Evanston, IL	$67,933	$51,646	III	H-1B	May 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$70,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	May 14, 2025
Chicago, IL	$68,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	May 7, 2025
Chicago, IL	$75,570	$56,368	I	H-1B	May 7, 2025
Chicago, IL	$66,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	May 5, 2025
Chicago, IL	$85,000	$50,149	I	H-1B	Apr 29, 2025
Chicago, IL	$71,532	$48,630	I	H-1B	Apr 29, 2025
Chicago, IL	$66,492	$56,368	I	H-1B	Apr 28, 2025
Chicago, IL	$71,004	$56,368	I	H-1B	Apr 23, 2025

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