H-1B job title salary

Basic Life Research Scientist

#641 most-filed title 72 certified LCAs filed under 7 occupations

Median salary

$82,990

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$78,000 – $87,092

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+3.74%

+0.59% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

72 filings

Basic Life Research Scientist pay range

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

P10$76,419

P25$78,000

Median$82,990

P75$87,092

P90$93,000

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$81,50256 LCAs

Level II$86,78516 LCAs

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

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SOC split

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 43%Biochemists and Biophysicists 28%Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 21%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	43.06%	31	$78,666	$84,460	$89,298
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	27.78%	20	$78,000	$79,500	$82,250
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	20.83%	15	$82,990	$86,000	$90,275

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

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
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	31	$84,460	only sponsor
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	20	$79,500	only sponsor
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	15	$86,000	only sponsor