Research Associate salary at The University of Southern California

Based on 24 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $69,071. That is 2% below the $70,838 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $69,071
25th pct: $50,149
75th pct: $71,290
90th pct: $82,073
Filings: 24

How The University of Southern California compares

Other employers filing Research Associate

Employers filing Research Associate, compared with The University of Southern California
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	86	$75,000	+9%
Johns Hopkins University	86	$71,532	+4%
Harvard University	75	$82,400	+19%
Mayo Clinic	67	$77,961	+13%
Northwestern University	51	$70,000	+1%
The University of Virginia	51	$64,000	-7%
Weill Cornell Medical College	40	$75,817	+10%
The University of Texas at Austin	38	$90,000	+30%
Michigan State University	36	$64,314	-7%
Cornell University	32	$80,750	+17%
Oregon State University	32	$68,004	-2%
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	32	$66,706	-3%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32	$64,304	-7%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	28	$80,000	+16%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	28	$57,175	-17%
The University of Southern California	24	$69,071	—
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	21	$62,000	-10%
The Rockefeller University	20	$78,140	+13%
University of Maryland Baltimore	18	$76,782	+11%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	18	$76,126	+10%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	16	$85,588	+24%
University of Utah	15	$70,000	+1%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	14	$78,853	+14%
Case Western Reserve University	14	$60,281	-13%
The University of Texas at Dallas	14	$60,000	-13%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Research Associate filings at The University of Southern California
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Los Angeles, CA	$53,269	$53,269	I	H-1B	Sep 29, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$53,269	$53,269	I	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$69,071	$53,269	I	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$69,000	$53,269	I	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$75,608	$75,608	II	H-1B	Aug 15, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$72,100	$72,100	—	H-1B	Aug 14, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	Jul 8, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$71,053	$71,053	III	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$72,000	$50,149	I	H-1B	May 7, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	May 2, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Apr 17, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Apr 16, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	Mar 21, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$70,990	$70,990	I	H-1B	Mar 13, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$88,878	$88,878	I	H-1B	Mar 12, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$61,048	$61,048	II	H-1B	Jan 28, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$70,990	$70,990	I	H-1B	Jan 27, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	Dec 11, 2024
Los Angeles, CA	$70,990	$70,990	I	H-1B	Nov 7, 2024
Los Angeles, CA	$50,149	$50,149	I	H-1B	Nov 7, 2024
Los Angeles, CA	$69,407	$50,149	I	H-1B	Oct 16, 2024
Los Angeles, CA	$69,071	$50,149	I	H-1B	Oct 2, 2024

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