Staff Scientist visa sponsorship salary

Across 415 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Staff Scientist is $76,480. The middle half of filings fall between $67,127 and $93,716, and the top decile begins at $129,258. Classified under SOC 19-1042.00 (Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists).

Median

$76,480

25th pct

$67,127

75th pct

$93,716

90th pct

$129,258

Filings

415

$45,053$133,600

Who pays what for Staff Scientist

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Washington University	115	$61,841	$65,359	$69,888
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$120,000	$123,790	$130,974
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$80,443	$83,459	$88,266
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	$78,000	$84,843
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$74,263	$75,000	$77,250
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$72,750	$75,055	$78,150
California Institute of Technology	13	$75,684	$76,500	$95,000
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	$75,587	$80,000
The University of Chicago	13	$70,000	$75,000	$80,392
University of Rochester	11	$57,000	$60,000	$60,000
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	$148,000	$151,840
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$93,076	$110,806	$126,956
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$82,498	$86,995	$97,500
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$80,443	$83,711	$89,245
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$170,602	$197,169	$197,169
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$70,000	$72,500	$72,500
Georgetown University	5	$68,999	$69,495	$75,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$75,296	$86,767	$99,055
University of Florida	4	$70,755	$74,063	$76,562
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$69,437	$72,583	$72,583
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	$60,000	$60,471
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$215,000	$230,000	$235,000
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$100,516	$101,281	$121,724
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$81,274	$84,548	$84,709
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$77,191	$80,080	$83,143
Vanderbilt University	3	$76,000	$77,000	$78,500
The Translational Genomics Research Institute	3	$71,299	$73,861	$74,735
Axle Informatics LLC	2	$120,579	$120,579	$120,579
University of Chicago	2	$70,005	$73,010	$76,014
The Washington University	2	$63,776	$71,184	$78,592
University of Notre Dame du Lac	2	$47,351	$49,650	$51,948

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	$73,000	—	Sep 30, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$62,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
New York Genome Center, Inc.	New York, NY	$100,205	II	Sep 30, 2025
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	$75,000	II	Sep 26, 2025
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	$77,000	II	Sep 26, 2025
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	Duarte, CA	$130,000	—	Sep 25, 2025
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	La Jolla, CA	$84,548	I	Sep 24, 2025
National Institutes of Health, HHS	San Francisco, CA	$163,760	II	Sep 23, 2025
Vitalant	San Francisco, CA	$92,000	III	Sep 23, 2025
Georgetown University	Washington, DC	$68,999	I	Sep 22, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$68,340	I	Sep 22, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$63,032	I	Sep 22, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$72,000	I	Sep 22, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$69,048	II	Sep 18, 2025
The Translational Genomics Research Institute	Phoenix, AZ	$68,737	II	Sep 17, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$60,235	II	Sep 15, 2025
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	Duarte, CA	$90,000	—	Sep 15, 2025
The Translational Genomics Research Institute	Phoenix, AZ	$75,608	III	Sep 15, 2025
The Translational Genomics Research Institute	Phoenix, AZ	$73,861	III	Sep 15, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$63,120	I	Sep 15, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$61,682	II	Sep 12, 2025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	$72,583	I	Sep 12, 2025
Children's Hospital Corporation	Boston, MA	$100,000	III	Sep 12, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$66,406	I	Sep 12, 2025
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	La Jolla, CA	$80,000	I	Sep 12, 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.