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).

Median

$74,000

25th pct

$70,000

75th pct

$80,000

90th pct

$101,323

Filings

733

$55,000$95,000

Who pays what for Research Fellow

Ranked by number of certified filings

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

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.