Associate Scientist H-1B salaries

473 labor condition applications from 169 employers in FY2024–FY2026 · occupation Molecular and Cellular Biologists

$85,300median salary

$71,13825th percentile

$104,41675th percentile

466certified LCAs

Employers sponsoring Associate Scientist jobs

Employer	LCAs	Median	Range
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	49	$83,000	$59,834 – $105,000
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	36	$65,520	$54,080 – $73,965
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	25	$88,900	$81,000 – $97,543
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	23	$69,000	$58,000 – $80,000
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	22	$87,299	$85,300 – $99,362
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	20	$85,300	$81,300 – $85,301
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	17	$118,000	$95,800 – $138,020
Primera Analytical Solutions Corporation	9	$60,902	$60,000 – $64,230
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	9	$112,000	$102,991 – $125,672
PPD Development, L.P.	8	$48,006	$48,006 – $49,000
University of Miami	8	$87,775	$75,000 – $95,000
Imanis Life Sciences, LLC	7	$69,010	$65,297 – $79,265
Impossible Foods Inc.	6	$104,562	$99,091 – $118,789
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.	6	$112,200	$109,200 – $117,000
University of Delaware	6	$79,030	$70,000 – $88,000
Ring Therapeutics, Inc.	5	$105,000	$100,524 – $182,754
Orna Therapeutics, Inc.	5	$109,200	$108,395 – $112,321
WuXi Biologics USA, LLC	5	$63,086	$63,086 – $87,630
Ingenus Pharmaceuticals NJ, LLC	4	$65,000
Veranova, L.P.	4	$76,626	$71,166 – $84,714
GenScript USA Inc.	4	$72,500	$63,417 – $76,000
Philips North America LLC	4	$95,649	$94,215 – $102,856
Site Tx, Inc.	3	$112,258
Ingenia Therapeutics Inc.	3	$115,000
Celltheon Corporation	3	$116,129	$112,258 – $120,000
Wild Type, Inc.	3	$108,500	$95,000 – $122,000
Soley Therapeutics, Inc	3	$130,000
MedImmune LLC	3	$78,092	$76,632 – $89,617
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.	3	$110,282	$104,000 – $112,882
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$110,000	$100,000 – $110,000
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation	3	$73,000	$70,000 – $73,800
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	3	$106,080	$101,442 – $106,080
Johns Hopkins University	3	$139,050	$133,000 – $139,050
Midwest Technology Partnership, LLC	2	$75,000
Terrana Biosciences, Inc.	2	$115,388	$110,000 – $120,777
Pharmerit International, LP	2	$110,074
IGM Biosciences, Inc	2	$120,234	$110,469 – $130,000
Lumen Bioscience, Inc.	2	$88,373
Kernal Biologics, Inc.	2	$105,000
Shape Therapeutics Inc.	2	$82,000
Montai Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$120,120
Arcellx, Inc.	2	$87,000
Inventprise Inc	2	$65,042
American Cancer Society, Inc.	2	$62,483
Insmed, Inc.	2	$111,440
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.	2	$107,500	$100,000 – $115,000
FL Tech Solutions, LLC.	2	$51,655	$42,310 – $61,000
BioNTech US Inc.	2	$102,000	$99,000 – $105,000
National Radio Astronomy Observatory	2	$78,806
Riconpharma, LLC	2	$73,150	$66,300 – $80,000

Salaries by city

New York, NY 51 · $83,000
Cambridge, MA 48 · $110,000
Batavia, IL 42 · $85,301
Memphis, TN 36 · $65,520
Tarrytown, NY 25 · $88,900
Philadelphia, PA 23 · $69,000
Menlo Park, CA 17 · $118,000
Cranbury, NJ 14 · $60,951
Watertown, MA 11 · $109,600
San Francisco, CA 10 · $112,258
South San Francisco, CA 9 · $123,000
Middleton, WI 8 · $48,006
Miami, FL 8 · $87,775
Somerville, MA 7 · $110,000
Waltham, MA 7 · $88,000
Redwood City, CA 7 · $104,853
Rochester, MN 7 · $69,010
San Diego, CA 6 · $93,276
Gaithersburg, MD 6 · $91,890
Hayward, CA 5 · $112,882
Boston, MA 5 · $105,000
Fairfield, NJ 4 · $65,000
Piscataway, NJ 4 · $72,500
Baltimore, MD 4 · $138,605
Seattle, WA 4 · $82,000
Newark, DE 4 · $79,030
Union City, CA 3 · $116,129
Thousand Oaks, CA 3 · $73,000
Oceanside, CA 3 · $106,080
Bethesda, MD 2 · $71,900

Related job titles

Job title	LCAs	Median salary
Postdoctoral Associate	2,330	$66,950
Scientist	875	$101,468
Senior Research Associate	658	$86,798
Scientist II	464	$100,000
Post-Doctoral Associate	385	$64,000
Postdoctoral Research Scholar	361	$62,232
Post Doctoral Research Associate	359	$60,000
Postdoctoral Research Affiliate	323	$76,970
Research Associate II	294	$72,572
Basic Life Research Scientist	248	$81,324
Research Scientist I	245	$81,640
Postdoctoral Scientist	225	$76,491
Post Doctoral Scholar	177	$61,008
Research Associate-Postdegree Trainee	176	$58,656
Senior Scientist I	147	$108,316

Questions and answers

What is the H-1B salary for a Associate Scientist?

The median salary on certified H-1B LCAs for Associate Scientist is $85,300; the middle half of offers ranges from $71,138 to $104,416 (466 certified filings).

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for Associate Scientist jobs?

The largest sponsors are Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Temple University--A Commonwealth University, Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC.