Research Specialist H-1B salaries

365 labor condition applications from 74 employers in FY2024–FY2026 · occupation Biological Technicians

$66,214median salary

$53,17025th percentile

$82,10075th percentile

348certified LCAs

Employers sponsoring Research Specialist jobs

Employer	LCAs	Median	Range
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	79	$87,930	$63,856 – $131,998
University of Wisconsin System	29	$48,381	$40,000 – $57,222
University of Illinois Chicago	25	$66,000	$56,368 – $81,600
Northwestern University	22	$63,814	$41,108 – $88,837
North Dakota State University	21	$55,000	$48,000 – $72,000
Emory University	19	$40,228	$39,332 – $55,000
Weill Cornell Medical College	16	$67,434	$45,989 – $88,546
Brigham and Women's Hospital	12	$69,997	$45,760 – $76,875
The University of Iowa	10	$70,371	$53,186 – $84,261
University of Illinois	7	$61,942	$48,960 – $79,290
ClinRe Inc.	6	$43,264	$43,264 – $518,916
University of Illinois at Chicago	6	$56,500	$52,177 – $68,000
The Rockefeller University	5	$68,000	$60,000 – $82,400
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	5	$68,604	$53,123 – $72,077
General Hospital Corporation	5	$57,325	$55,000 – $84,573
Washington University	5	$50,856	$48,578 – $57,000
University of Connecticut	4	$68,578
Arizona State University	4	$57,724	$56,227 – $60,000
University of Pittsburgh	4	$46,246	$41,886 – $52,182
The University of Chicago	4	$54,176	$48,090 – $73,733
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	3	$70,450	$62,004 – $78,900
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	3	$67,619
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	3	$53,000	$50,000 – $53,000
ClinRÃ© Inc.	2	$43,254	$43,243 – $43,264
Texas Department of State Health Services	2	$72,726	$70,902 – $74,550
Cell Biologics, Inc	2	$41,000
Sanford Research	2	$38,855	$38,086 – $39,624
Braskem America, Inc.	2	$140,634	$135,000 – $146,268
3M Healthcare US Opco LLC	2	$136,904	$135,895 – $137,913
McLean Hospital	2	$57,110	$54,995 – $59,224
3M Company	2	$143,210	$142,406 – $144,014
HMH Hospitals Corporation	2	$61,812	$55,000 – $68,623
Washington University in St. Louis	2	$60,600
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	2	$67,267	$63,648 – $70,886
Sanford	2	$38,803	$38,086 – $39,520
The University of Alabama	2	$60,000
North Carolina State University	2	$60,445	$52,000 – $68,890
University of Rochester	2	$50,500	$46,000 – $55,000
Michigan State University	2	$72,203	$70,000 – $74,406
The Ohio State University	2	$63,402	$61,800 – $65,004
Virtus Consulting, LLC	1	$140,000
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U	1	$64,230
The Seta Foundation	1	$107,890
Board of Trustees, Univ of IL, behalf of Discovery Partners Inst	1	$92,997
Core Pharma LLC	1	$67,267
Cibus US LLC	1	$89,108
New York Medical College	1	$61,610
Perkinelmer US LLC	1	$57,678
Marymount University	1	$53,040
San Diego State University Research Foundation	1	$70,308

Salaries by city

Chicago, IL 48 · $63,773
New York, NY 35 · $81,356
Madison, WI 30 · $48,381
Boston, MA 20 · $70,450
Atlanta, GA 18 · $40,614
Fargo, ND 17 · $57,000
Ashburn, VA 12 · $100,000
Evanston, IL 9 · $67,464
St. Louis, MO 7 · $57,000
Arlington, VA 6 · $43,264
Pittsburgh, PA 6 · $50,302
Philadelphia, PA 6 · $60,398
Urbana, IL 6 · $64,184
Berkeley, CA 5 · $85,384
Baltimore, MD 5 · $74,060
Worcester, MA 5 · $68,604
Iowa City, IA 5 · $60,000
La Jolla, CA 5 · $102,024
Charlestown, MA 4 · $56,162
Storrs, CT 4 · $68,578
Sioux Falls, SD 4 · $38,803
Los Angeles, CA 4 · $70,943
Tempe, AZ 4 · $57,724
Cambridge, MA 3 · $84,427
Ankeny, IA 3 · $70,605
Washington, DC 3 · $72,772
San Diego, CA 3 · $71,070
Austin, TX 3 · $74,550
Dallas, TX 3 · $85,000
Seattle, WA 3 · $87,556

Related job titles

Job title	LCAs	Median salary
Research Assistant	302	$54,028
Research Technician	125	$49,067
Research Technologist	102	$60,548
Senior Research Assistant	67	$59,000
Research Assistant II	58	$54,342
Research Specialist II	55	$59,715
Associate Researcher	54	$70,547
Research Technician II	49	$45,344
Research Lab Specialist Associate	46	$48,671
Senior Research Technician	43	$60,000
Senior Research Technologist	41	$72,640
Research Assistant I	41	$48,959
Staff Research Associate III	40	$77,442
Research Specialist, Lead	39	$52,765
Staff Research Associate 3	33	$74,438

Questions and answers

What is the H-1B salary for a Research Specialist?

The median salary on certified H-1B LCAs for Research Specialist is $66,214; the middle half of offers ranges from $53,170 to $82,100 (348 certified filings).

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

The largest sponsors are Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin System, University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern University, North Dakota State University.