Senior Research Associate H-1B salaries

658 labor condition applications from 257 employers in FY2024–FY2026 · occupation Molecular and Cellular Biologists

$86,798median salary

$71,49025th percentile

$100,00075th percentile

635certified LCAs

Employers sponsoring Senior Research Associate jobs

Employer	LCAs	Median	Range
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC	34	$175,000	$150,000 – $200,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center	30	$62,750	$52,957 – $80,000
Case Western Reserve University	28	$72,400	$53,789 – $91,284
Oregon Health & Science University	20	$86,902	$74,500 – $94,960
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.	15	$96,534	$90,000 – $106,726
The University of Kansas Medical Center	14	$72,000	$62,000 – $82,000
University of Georgia	12	$63,314	$55,000 – $70,491
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	12	$64,700	$57,054 – $70,603
Purdue University	12	$80,606	$45,864 – $91,237
Northwestern University	12	$77,965	$69,000 – $130,000
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.	11	$103,770	$100,000 – $117,915
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	10	$57,169	$45,000 – $88,751
The Curators of the University of Missouri	10	$60,237	$45,822 – $89,544
The University of Southern California	10	$86,684	$57,949 – $88,878
University of Georgia; OGE	9	$68,000	$60,000 – $761,808
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	9	$74,388	$63,000 – $130,000
Texas A&M University	7	$57,366	$50,232 – $65,560
M Science LLC	6	$110,000	$100,000 – $125,000
Brewer Science, Inc.	6	$89,440	$85,000 – $91,991
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.	6	$88,399	$86,549 – $104,853
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.	6	$92,500	$90,000 – $95,000
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	6	$91,676	$71,490 – $105,851
Cornell University	6	$110,790	$78,500 – $200,000
Weill Cornell Medical College	6	$103,530	$88,434 – $186,375
Johns Hopkins University	6	$100,419	$76,500 – $100,838
Evidera, Inc.	5	$130,000	$125,632 – $135,000
HMH Hospitals Corporation	5	$77,128	$74,600 – $84,050
Nova India Partners Inc	4	$150,000	$135,658 – $151,000
SonoThera, Inc.	4	$112,258	$112,258 – $112,882
Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc.	4	$90,000	$90,000 – $95,000
Capvision Pro Corporation	4	$76,000
TScan Therapeutics, Inc.	4	$75,000
Carilion Medical Center	4	$67,392	$65,957 – $79,758
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	4	$97,850	$95,000 – $98,482
Illinois Institute of Technology	4	$70,928	$63,000 – $80,000
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	4	$75,722	$71,000 – $77,500
The University of Toledo	4	$62,125	$50,470 – $71,532
Research Foundation of CUNY	4	$95,392	$90,000 – $105,560
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	4	$65,100	$50,400 – $758,532
Texas Tech University	4	$64,468	$55,619 – $84,968
Michigan State University	4	$71,400	$60,215 – $87,160
winded.vertigo LLC	3	$208,000	$104,000 – $208,000
TreeFrog Therapeutics Inc.	3	$91,978
Osmoses, Inc.	3	$91,800	$90,000 – $93,600
Board of Trustees, Univ of IL, behalf of Discovery Partners Institute	3	$87,500	$85,000 – $90,000
Quanta Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$123,786	$110,000 – $123,786
Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$93,500	$93,500 – $103,000
Sail Biomedicines, Inc.	3	$85,000	$85,000 – $88,207
Metaphore Biotechnologies, Inc.	3	$95,000	$95,000 – $96,200
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$107,370	$105,000 – $109,741

Salaries by city

New York, NY 63 · $150,000
Cambridge, MA 54 · $90,000
Dallas, TX 36 · $63,654
Cleveland, OH 28 · $72,400
Boston, MA 27 · $100,000
Somerville, MA 25 · $95,000
Chicago, IL 22 · $76,856
South San Francisco, CA 20 · $112,258
Portland, OR 19 · $86,994
Athens, GA 18 · $63,814
Kansas City, KS 14 · $72,000
Waltham, MA 13 · $84,687
Houston, TX 13 · $63,600
West Lafayette, IN 10 · $80,606
Columbia, MO 10 · $60,237
Lexington, MA 9 · $96,720
Washington, DC 9 · $100,000
Lincoln, NE 9 · $55,016
San Francisco, CA 8 · $110,000
Ithaca, NY 7 · $92,700
Rolla, MO 7 · $89,440
Los Angeles, CA 7 · $87,360
Brooklyn, NY 6 · $100,838
Austin, TX 6 · $135,658
College Station, TX 6 · $56,930
Atlanta, GA 6 · $89,419
Roanoke, VA 6 · $67,392
Columbus, OH 5 · $60,000
Evanston, IL 5 · $92,693
Blacksburg, VA 5 · $73,088

Related job titles

Job title	LCAs	Median salary
Postdoctoral Associate	2,330	$66,950
Scientist	875	$101,468
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
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 Senior Research Associate?

The median salary on certified H-1B LCAs for Senior Research Associate is $86,798; the middle half of offers ranges from $71,490 to $100,000 (635 certified filings).

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

The largest sponsors are Bernstein Institutional Services LLC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Oregon Health & Science University, Tessera Therapeutics, Inc..