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).

Median

$70,838

25th pct

$63,000

75th pct

$80,003

90th pct

$92,897

Filings

1,414

$37,496$105,508

Who pays what for Research Associate

Ranked by number of certified filings

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

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.