Staff Scientist salary at University of Chicago

Based on 2 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $73,010. That is 5% below the $76,480 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$73,010

25th pct

$70,005

75th pct

$76,014

90th pct

$77,817

Filings

$67,000$79,019

How University of Chicago compares

Other employers filing Staff Scientist

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Washington University	115	$65,359	-10%
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$123,790	+70%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$83,459	+14%
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	+7%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$75,000	+3%
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$75,055	+3%
California Institute of Technology	13	$76,500	+5%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	+4%
The University of Chicago	13	$75,000	+3%
University of Rochester	11	$60,000	-18%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	+103%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$110,806	+52%
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$86,995	+19%
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$83,711	+15%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$197,169	+170%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$72,500	-1%
Georgetown University	5	$69,495	-5%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$86,767	+19%
University of Florida	4	$74,063	+1%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$72,583	-1%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	-18%
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$230,000	+215%
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$101,281	+39%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$84,548	+16%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$80,080	+10%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Chicago, IL	$67,000	$59,467	I	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
Chicago, IL	$79,019	$79,019	III	H-1B	Aug 19, 2025

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