Staff Scientist salary at Vanderbilt University

Based on 3 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $77,000. That is 1% above the $76,480 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$77,000

25th pct

$76,000

75th pct

$78,500

90th pct

$79,400

Filings

$75,000$80,000

How Vanderbilt University compares

Other employers filing Staff Scientist

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Washington University	115	$65,359	-15%
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$123,790	+61%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$83,459	+8%
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	+1%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$75,000	-3%
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$75,055	-3%
California Institute of Technology	13	$76,500	-1%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	-2%
The University of Chicago	13	$75,000	-3%
University of Rochester	11	$60,000	-22%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	+92%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$110,806	+44%
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$86,995	+13%
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$83,711	+9%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$197,169	+156%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$72,500	-6%
Georgetown University	5	$69,495	-10%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$86,767	+13%
University of Florida	4	$74,063	-4%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$72,583	-6%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	-22%
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$230,000	+199%
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$101,281	+32%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$84,548	+10%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$80,080	+4%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Nashville, TN	$77,000	$68,182	II	H-1B	Sep 11, 2025
Nashville, TN	$75,000	$60,528	I	H-1B	Jun 16, 2025
Nashville, TN	$80,000	$71,053	III	H-1B	Feb 27, 2025

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