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).

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: $76,480
25th pct: $67,127
75th pct: $93,716
90th pct: $129,258
Filings: 415

Who pays what for Staff Scientist

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employers filing Staff Scientist, with wage percentiles
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

Recent certified Staff Scientist filings, with wage and level
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.