Research Fellow visa sponsorship salary

Across 733 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Research Fellow is $74,000. The middle half of filings fall between $70,000 and $80,000, and the top decile begins at $101,323. Classified under SOC 19-1021.00 (Biochemists and Biophysicists).

This is one of many job titles filed under Biochemists and Biophysicists. That page pools every variant, so its figures rest on far more filings than this one.

Median: $74,000
25th pct: $70,000
75th pct: $80,000
90th pct: $101,323
Filings: 733

Who pays what for Research Fellow

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employers filing Research Fellow, with wage percentiles
Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
National Institutes of Health, HHS	138	$94,492	$100,030	$107,852
General Hospital Corporation	98	$70,000	$70,000	$71,406
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	96	$73,570	$76,000	$76,000
Mayo Clinic	91	$61,027	$64,085	$69,888
Children's Hospital Corporation	71	$73,772	$77,267	$77,267
Brigham and Women's Hospital	60	$70,000	$70,000	$71,750
Harvard University	53	$74,000	$76,000	$77,500
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	13	$62,338	$63,877	$64,376
The University of Texas at Austin	12	$62,505	$70,020	$73,500
Joslin Diabetes Center	9	$64,563	$75,130	$75,582
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	8	$70,000	$70,000	$76,250
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	7	$70,000	$70,000	$71,406
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	7	$57,102	$61,572	$69,249
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.	6	$58,209	$64,594	$68,733
Open Philanthropy Project	4	$139,247	$149,903	$149,903
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	4	$63,750	$68,440	$71,910
Kennedy Krieger Institute	4	$65,053	$67,514	$68,309
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	4	$64,350	$64,896	$65,672
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	2	$103,388	$108,925	$114,463
New York Blood Center	2	$81,884	$81,884	$81,884
Trustees of Boston University	2	$74,000	$76,000	$78,000
Endometriosis Foundation of America INC	2	$72,000	$72,000	$72,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	2	$70,352	$70,703	$71,055
McLean Hospital	2	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
University of South Florida	2	$63,750	$67,500	$71,250
Corewell Health	2	$64,085	$64,085	$64,085
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	2	$62,239	$63,159	$64,080
Baptist Health South Florida, INC.	2	$56,250	$62,500	$68,750
University of Texas Medical Branch	2	$61,820	$61,820	$61,820
Nova Southeastern University	2	$50,509	$52,517	$54,526

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Recent certified Research Fellow filings, with wage and level
Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Harvard University	Boston, MA	$72,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
Harvard University	Boston, MA	$83,583	I	Sep 30, 2025
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston, MA	$70,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Charlestown, MA	$71,406	I	Sep 30, 2025
Good Friends USA, Inc.	Beltsville, MD	$91,603	II	Sep 30, 2025
Children's Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$75,130	II	Sep 30, 2025
Children's Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$75,382	II	Sep 30, 2025
Children's Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$77,267	II	Sep 30, 2025
Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital	Boston, MA	$70,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston, MA	$71,406	I	Sep 30, 2025
Children's Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$77,267	II	Sep 30, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$71,406	I	Sep 30, 2025
Children's Hospital Corporation	Charlestown, MA	$77,266	I	Sep 30, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Charlestown, MA	$71,750	I	Sep 29, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Charlestown, MA	$71,750	I	Sep 29, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Charlestown, MA	$71,750	I	Sep 29, 2025
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics	Washington, DC	$105,000	III	Sep 26, 2025
MedStar Health Research Institute	Washington, DC	$91,927	II	Sep 26, 2025
National Institutes of Health, HHS	Baltimore, MD	$89,347	—	Sep 25, 2025
National Institutes of Health, HHS	Bethesda, MD	$102,363	—	Sep 25, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$82,516	I	Sep 25, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Cambridge, MA	$71,406	I	Sep 24, 2025
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute	Boston, MA	$72,000	I	Sep 24, 2025
General Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$77,267	I	Sep 24, 2025
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston, MA	$71,406	I	Sep 23, 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.