H-1B job title salary

Research Assistant

#329 most-filed title 169 certified LCAs filed under 20 occupations

Median salary

$56,160

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$50,000 – $63,963

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+5.88%

+2.67% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

169 filings

Research Assistant pay range

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

P10$45,000

P25$50,000

Median$56,160

P75$63,963

P90$75,706

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$54,33582 LCAs

Level II$57,50048 LCAs

Level III$60,00011 LCAs

Level IV$58,1818 LCAs

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

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

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 Technicians 47%Social Science Research Assistants 17%Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 14%Biological Scientists, All Other 8%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Biological Technicians 19-4021	47.34%	80	$48,739	$53,276	$56,792
Social Science Research Assistants 19-4061	16.57%	28	$48,153	$55,004	$60,134
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	13.61%	23	$56,368	$70,000	$82,000
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	7.69%	13	$58,469	$63,856	$72,290

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
Cincinnati Children S Hospital Medical Center SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	18	$56,727	+6.5%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	10	$82,000	+17.1%
Baylor College Of Medicine SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	8	$58,200	+9.2%
Washington University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	6	$56,295	-19.6%
The Rockefeller University SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	5	$52,000	-2.4%
University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	5	$44,500	-16.5%

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