H-1B job title salary

Associate Scientist

#166 most-filed title 351 certified LCAs filed under 16 occupations

Median salary

$93,100

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$79,290 – $110,000

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+3.44%

+0.3% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

0.1%

351 filings

Associate Scientist pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$65,520

P25$79,290

Median$93,100

P75$110,000

P90$116,854

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$77,85898 LCAs

Level II$97,760201 LCAs

Level III$113,66343 LCAs

Level IV$87,0329 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Associate Scientist pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Biological Scientists, All Other 29%Biochemists and Biophysicists 27%Chemists 15%Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 15%Biological Technicians 4%Physicists 3%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	29.06%	102	$88,250	$102,100	$113,384
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	26.78%	94	$73,241	$93,785	$110,000
Chemists 19-2031	15.38%	54	$70,666	$84,500	$97,458
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	14.81%	52	$81,528	$85,000	$97,657
Biological Technicians 19-4021	3.99%	14	$63,563	$68,060	$86,524
Physicists 19-2012	3.42%	12	$99,362	$108,681	$122,375
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031	1.99%	7	$87,565	$93,538	$105,000
Microbiologists 19-1022	1.42%	5	$91,122	$100,734	$115,000

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Associate Scientist

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer	LCAs	Median	vs all sponsors
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	22	$85,000	+0%
St Jude Children S Research Hospital SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	21	$65,520	-30.1%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	13	$95,000	+1.3%
Gilead Sciences SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	11	$112,882	+20.4%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals SOC 19-2031 · Chemists	10	$92,410	+9.4%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	8	$99,168	-2.9%
Fermi Forward Discovery SOC 19-2012 · Physicists	6	$99,362	-8.6%
Temple University A Commonwealth University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	6	$72,224	-15%
Leland Stanford Jr Univ/slac National Accelerator Lab SOC 19-2012 · Physicists	6	$126,250	+16.2%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	5	$87,550	+28.6%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	5	$93,517	-0.3%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

Senior Associate Scientist44 LCAs · median $98,048
Associate Scientist I14 LCAs · median $95,625
Associate Scientist II12 LCAs · median $85,605
Associate Scientist III8 LCAs · median $92,400

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