Staff Scientist salary at The Scripps Research Institute

Based on 26 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $78,000. That is 2% above the $76,480 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$78,000

25th pct

$78,000

75th pct

$84,843

90th pct

$84,843

Filings

$67,736$85,322

How The Scripps Research Institute compares

Other employers filing Staff Scientist

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Washington University	115	$65,359	-16%
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$123,790	+59%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$83,459	+7%
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	—
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$75,000	-4%
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$75,055	-4%
California Institute of Technology	13	$76,500	-2%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	-3%
The University of Chicago	13	$75,000	-4%
University of Rochester	11	$60,000	-23%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	+90%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$110,806	+42%
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$86,995	+12%
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$83,711	+7%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$197,169	+153%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$72,500	-7%
Georgetown University	5	$69,495	-11%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$86,767	+11%
University of Florida	4	$74,063	-5%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$72,583	-7%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	-23%
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$230,000	+195%
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$101,281	+30%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$84,548	+8%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$80,080	+3%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
La Jolla, CA	$64,480	$58,178	II	H-1B	Aug 5, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,237	II	H-1B	Aug 4, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$85,322	$85,322	II	H-1B	Jul 29, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$64,480	$57,325	II	H-1B	Jul 16, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Jul 8, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Jul 1, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Jun 13, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$57,325	II	H-1B	Jun 11, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	May 21, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	May 19, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	May 8, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$64,700	$58,178	II	H-1B	Apr 2, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Apr 1, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Mar 24, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Mar 5, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Feb 20, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Feb 13, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$64,480	$55,120	II	H-1B	Feb 10, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$64,480	$57,325	II	H-1B	Jan 17, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$57,325	II	H-1B	Jan 16, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Jan 15, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Jan 14, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$78,000	$60,590	II	H-1B	Dec 12, 2024
La Jolla, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Nov 6, 2024

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