Research Associate II H-1B salaries

294 labor condition applications from 129 employers in FY2024–FY2026 · occupation Molecular and Cellular Biologists

$72,572median salary

$64,71625th percentile

$83,00075th percentile

286certified LCAs

Employers sponsoring Research Associate II jobs

Employer	LCAs	Median	Range
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	30	$68,147	$63,232 – $79,648
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.	11	$84,000	$80,000 – $96,059
The Broad Institute, Inc.	11	$59,000	$55,200 – $65,775
Colorado State University	11	$65,000	$46,530 – $80,800
HD Biosciences, Inc.	8	$56,100	$54,080 – $60,320
Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.	8	$83,000	$83,000 – $89,773
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	8	$75,258	$67,725 – $83,682
CZ Biohub SF, LLC	6	$80,673	$65,125 – $86,424
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation	6	$69,000	$58,000 – $70,000
Georgia State University	6	$69,160	$52,000 – $79,589
The J. David Gladstone Institutes	5	$66,560	$64,480 – $70,762
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	5	$78,786	$71,263 – $82,400
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.	5	$92,000	$85,038 – $95,862
Allen Institute	5	$64,200	$57,219 – $65,500
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	5	$44,000	$44,000 – $45,000
KBI Biopharma, Inc.	4	$63,710	$61,000 – $65,000
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	4	$41,746	$38,917 – $51,314
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	4	$61,153	$57,203 – $67,552
Aegea Biotechnologies, Inc.	3	$65,354
Adjuvia Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$68,661	$55,786 – $81,557
Institute for Protein Innovation Inc.	3	$75,130
Metagenomi, Inc.	3	$90,000	$89,050 – $95,000
Evidera, Inc.	3	$80,000	$80,000 – $90,000
World Resources Institute	3	$108,394	$106,914 – $109,874
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.	3	$80,000	$78,000 – $85,000
University of South Alabama	3	$68,016	$66,000 – $70,737
Auburn University	3	$65,324	$60,760 – $69,888
The University of Tennessee	3	$72,479	$64,500 – $72,488
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	3	$87,380	$73,000 – $90,300
ION Biosciences, LLC	2	$63,170
Vesalius Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$83,500	$80,000 – $87,000
Flagship Labs 85, Inc.	2	$85,000	$80,000 – $90,000
Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$82,466
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation	2	$79,500
Apriori Bio, Inc.	2	$91,500
Sail Biomedicines, Inc.	2	$75,000
Metaphore Biotechnologies, Inc.	2	$78,500	$75,000 – $82,000
Ampersand Biomedicines, Inc.	2	$77,500	$75,000 – $80,000
Ring Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$81,500	$80,000 – $83,000
Altos Labs Inc.	2	$90,900	$84,900 – $96,900
Arc Research Institute	2	$73,700
Lonza Houston Inc	2	$72,737	$68,960 – $76,514
The University of Alabama in Huntsville	2	$60,000
University of Idaho	2	$56,649	$50,170 – $63,128
University of Illinois at Chicago	2	$60,248	$47,840 – $72,657
Mississippi State University	2	$57,000	$54,000 – $60,000
Case Western Reserve University	2	$62,000
Populus Group LLC	2	$104,000
SBL Enterprises, LLC	1	$101,816
Revel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	—

Salaries by city

Cambridge, MA 39 · $80,000
Boston, MA 26 · $83,000
Newark, NJ 19 · $68,489
Somerville, MA 16 · $83,200
San Francisco, CA 14 · $70,762
San Diego, CA 13 · $59,280
Houston, TX 10 · $74,917
Fort Collins, CO 9 · $63,749
Seattle, WA 7 · $65,500
New Brunswick, NJ 7 · $68,801
Durham, NC 5 · $63,710
Atlanta, GA 5 · $71,000
Worcester, MA 5 · $44,000
Piscataway, NJ 5 · $67,074
Lexington, MA 5 · $79,500
Milwaukee, WI 4 · $61,153
Watertown, MA 4 · $83,000
Waltham, MA 4 · $81,854
Tampa, FL 4 · $41,746
Chicago, IL 3 · $65,000
Bethesda, MD 3 · $63,000
Silver Spring, MD 3 · $70,000
Washington, DC 3 · $108,394
South San Francisco, CA 3 · $95,264
Emeryville, CA 3 · $90,000
Knoxville, TN 3 · $72,479
Mobile, AL 3 · $68,016
Huntsville, AL 3 · $60,000
Auburn, AL 3 · $65,324
Mississippi State, MS 2 · $57,000

Related job titles

Job title	LCAs	Median salary
Postdoctoral Associate	2,330	$66,950
Scientist	875	$101,468
Senior Research Associate	658	$86,798
Associate Scientist	473	$85,300
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
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 Research Associate II?

The median salary on certified H-1B LCAs for Research Associate II is $72,572; the middle half of offers ranges from $64,716 to $83,000 (286 certified filings).

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

The largest sponsors are Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Tessera Therapeutics, Inc., The Broad Institute, Inc., Colorado State University, HD Biosciences, Inc..