Senior Research Associate salary at The University of Southern California

Based on 4 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $87,984. That is 0% above the $87,589 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$87,984

25th pct

$86,731

75th pct

$88,676

90th pct

$88,797

Filings

$84,843$88,878

How The University of Southern California compares

Other employers filing Senior Research Associate

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
UT Southwestern Medical Center	25	$64,042	-27%
Case Western Reserve University	16	$71,636	-19%
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC	15	$175,000	+99%
Oregon Health & Science University	10	$89,100	+1%
Purdue University	7	$88,504	+1%
University of Georgia; OGE	7	$68,000	-23%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	7	$64,700	-26%
M Science LLC	6	$110,000	+25%
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.	6	$97,000	+10%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	5	$80,000	-9%
HMH Hospitals Corporation	5	$77,128	-12%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	5	$72,000	-18%
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.	4	$107,675	+22%
The University of Southern California	4	$87,984	—
The University of Kansas Medical Center	4	$77,000	-12%
The Curators of the University of Missouri	4	$76,194	-13%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	4	$71,448	-19%
winded.vertigo LLC	3	$208,000	+136%
SonoThera, Inc.	3	$112,258	+28%
Weill Cornell Medical College	3	$97,059	+10%
Research Foundation of CUNY	3	$95,235	+8%
Brewer Science, Inc.	3	$91,458	+4%
Texas A&m Agrilife Research	3	$67,127	-24%
Illinois Institute of Technology	3	$65,000	-26%
University of Georgia	3	$63,000	-28%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Los Angeles, CA	$88,608	$88,608	III	H-1B	Aug 14, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$87,360	$87,360	IV	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$84,843	$84,843	II	H-1B	Jan 27, 2025
Marina Del Rey, CA	$88,878	$88,878	I	H-1B	Nov 21, 2024

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