Staff Scientist salary at Washington University

Based on 115 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $65,359. That is 15% below the $76,480 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$65,359

25th pct

$61,841

75th pct

$69,888

90th pct

$72,000

Filings

115

$49,770$81,959

How Washington University compares

Other employers filing Staff Scientist

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Washington University	115	$65,359	—
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$123,790	+89%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$83,459	+28%
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	+19%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$75,000	+15%
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$75,055	+15%
California Institute of Technology	13	$76,500	+17%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	+16%
The University of Chicago	13	$75,000	+15%
University of Rochester	11	$60,000	-8%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	+126%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$110,806	+70%
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$86,995	+33%
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$83,711	+28%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$197,169	+202%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$72,500	+11%
Georgetown University	5	$69,495	+6%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$86,767	+33%
University of Florida	4	$74,063	+13%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$72,583	+11%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	-8%
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$230,000	+252%
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$101,281	+55%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$84,548	+29%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$80,080	+23%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
St. Louis, MO	$62,000	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 30, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$68,340	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 22, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$63,032	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 22, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$72,000	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 22, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$69,048	$63,627	II	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$60,235	$55,494	II	H-1B	Sep 15, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$63,120	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 15, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$61,682	$60,445	II	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$66,406	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$80,000	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$71,500	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 11, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$65,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$72,915	$56,368	I	H-1B	Sep 9, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$63,000	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 9, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$60,000	$55,494	II	H-1B	Sep 5, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$60,000	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$61,428	$56,202	I	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$63,066	$56,202	I	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$75,000	$48,381	I	H-1B	Aug 22, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$63,000	$56,202	I	H-1B	Aug 22, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$56,202	$56,202	I	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$61,556	$58,968	II	H-1B	Aug 1, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$60,746	$60,445	II	H-1B	Aug 1, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$60,375	$48,381	I	H-1B	Aug 1, 2025
St. Louis, MO	$66,560	$50,856	I	H-1B	Aug 1, 2025

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