Research Associate visa sponsorship salary

Across 1,414 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Research Associate is $70,838. The middle half of filings fall between $63,000 and $80,003, and the top decile begins at $92,897. Classified under SOC 19-1042.00 (Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists).

This is one of many job titles filed under Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists. That page pools every variant, so its figures rest on far more filings than this one.

Median: $70,838
25th pct: $63,000
75th pct: $80,003
90th pct: $92,897
Filings: 1,414

Who pays what for Research Associate

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employers filing Research Associate, with wage percentiles
Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	86	$70,543	$75,000	$80,000
Johns Hopkins University	86	$69,098	$71,532	$75,581
Harvard University	75	$78,000	$82,400	$90,475
Mayo Clinic	67	$71,053	$77,961	$90,932
Northwestern University	51	$66,246	$70,000	$73,657
The University of Virginia	51	$59,796	$64,000	$65,000
Weill Cornell Medical College	40	$71,532	$75,817	$85,000
The University of Texas at Austin	38	$67,750	$90,000	$106,510
Michigan State University	36	$59,503	$64,314	$70,000
Cornell University	32	$74,535	$80,750	$89,910
Oregon State University	32	$60,258	$68,004	$70,008
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	32	$66,700	$66,706	$72,899
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32	$61,125	$64,304	$72,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	28	$80,000	$80,000	$85,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center	28	$52,829	$57,175	$60,593
The University of Southern California	24	$50,149	$69,071	$71,290
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	21	$56,368	$62,000	$65,749
The Rockefeller University	20	$74,893	$78,140	$82,400
University of Maryland Baltimore	18	$70,696	$76,782	$79,795
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	18	$70,718	$76,126	$80,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	16	$82,694	$85,588	$85,588
University of Utah	15	$58,257	$70,000	$82,000
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	14	$77,979	$78,853	$81,745
Case Western Reserve University	14	$56,199	$60,281	$67,900
The University of Texas at Dallas	14	$54,250	$60,000	$63,518
Research Foundation of CUNY	13	$63,773	$68,578	$75,000
Wayne State University	13	$57,013	$58,614	$64,000
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC	12	$105,000	$112,500	$135,000
North Carolina State University	12	$61,164	$64,000	$67,451
University of Cincinnati	11	$63,418	$67,375	$93,891
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	11	$45,119	$47,226	$49,752
Cornerstone Research, Inc.	10	$160,000	$160,000	$160,000
University of Colorado Denver	10	$56,472	$60,590	$67,683
University of South Florida	9	$61,992	$65,000	$70,000
Genista Biosciences Inc.	7	$82,000	$82,000	$82,000
Purdue University	7	$65,968	$70,000	$78,236
Baptist Health South Florida, INC.	7	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	7	$52,270	$58,843	$62,109
Indiana University	6	$55,596	$64,933	$72,098
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$55,546	$62,920	$69,647
Carnegie Mellon University	6	$60,068	$61,166	$61,831
Texas A&M University	6	$47,216	$48,046	$51,125
Washington State University	5	$53,401	$60,000	$62,566
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	5	$56,472	$56,472	$59,738
University of Texas Medical Branch	5	$43,917	$48,984	$53,040
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	5	$48,000	$48,000	$48,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4	$99,995	$108,597	$116,380
Baylor College of Medicine	4	$69,000	$74,000	$79,750
Emory University	4	$68,339	$71,195	$74,000
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations	4	$68,786	$69,337	$72,842
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	4	$65,000	$65,850	$66,701
University of Oklahoma	4	$59,011	$63,240	$64,610
University of Oregon	4	$62,254	$63,024	$63,891
The Hanover Research Council LLC	4	$58,614	$62,557	$66,500
Widener-Burrows & Associates, Inc.	4	$58,500	$60,250	$62,000
Loyola University Chicago	4	$57,714	$58,926	$64,078
Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division	4	$57,247	$57,995	$59,117
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	4	$53,799	$57,054	$59,016
Texas Tech University	4	$50,976	$52,135	$58,452
Texas A&m Agrilife Research	4	$46,540	$48,359	$52,500

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Recent certified Research Associate filings, with wage and level
Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	$78,000	II	Sep 30, 2025
Texas State University	Round Rock, TX	$52,437	II	Sep 30, 2025
Syntopa Inc.	San Mateo, CA	$63,731	II	Sep 30, 2025
Syntopa Inc.	San Mateo, CA	$63,731	II	Sep 30, 2025
The University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	$68,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
The University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	$56,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
The Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York, NY	$70,000	II	Sep 30, 2025
West Virginia University	Morgantown, WV	$100,000	II	Sep 30, 2025
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	$61,008	I	Sep 30, 2025
City of Hope National Medical Center	Duarte, CA	$69,983	—	Sep 30, 2025
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	$65,749	I	Sep 30, 2025
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	$124,610	I	Sep 29, 2025
Power Environmental Energy Research Institute	Covina, CA	$62,000	I	Sep 29, 2025
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	$74,000	I	Sep 29, 2025
The University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$53,269	I	Sep 29, 2025
Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	$57,928	II	Sep 26, 2025
University of West Florida	Pensacola, FL	$60,000	I	Sep 26, 2025
The University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$53,269	I	Sep 26, 2025
Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	$48,844	—	Sep 26, 2025
The University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$69,071	I	Sep 26, 2025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	$68,192	II	Sep 26, 2025
The University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$69,000	I	Sep 26, 2025
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	$69,850	I	Sep 25, 2025
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	$70,390	I	Sep 25, 2025
UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	$58,350	I	Sep 25, 2025

Prevailing wage levels I through IV reflect the experience and responsibility the employer attested to, not seniority titles. A level I filing is an entry-level determination; level IV is fully competent and independent. Comparing across levels explains much of the spread between the 25th and 90th percentile above.