Staff Scientist salary at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Based on 3 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $84,548. That is 11% above the $76,480 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $84,548
25th pct: $81,274
75th pct: $84,709
90th pct: $84,806
Filings: 3

How The Salk Institute for Biological Studies compares

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Employers filing Staff Scientist, compared with The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Washington University	115	$65,359	-23%
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$123,790	+46%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$83,459	-1%
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	-8%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$75,000	-11%
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$75,055	-11%
California Institute of Technology	13	$76,500	-10%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	-11%
The University of Chicago	13	$75,000	-11%
University of Rochester	11	$60,000	-29%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	+75%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$110,806	+31%
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$86,995	+3%
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$83,711	-1%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$197,169	+133%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$72,500	-14%
Georgetown University	5	$69,495	-18%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$86,767	+3%
University of Florida	4	$74,063	-12%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$72,583	-14%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	-29%
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$230,000	+172%
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$101,281	+20%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$84,548	—
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$80,080	-5%

Individual filings

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Certified Staff Scientist filings at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
La Jolla, CA	$84,548	$75,171	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$73,798	I	H-1B	May 1, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,870	$79,019	I	H-1B	Feb 24, 2025

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