H-1B job title salary

Research Fellow

#101 most-filed title 631 certified LCAs filed under 30 occupations
Median salary
$74,414
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$70,000 – $78,280
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-0.78%
-3.79% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
631 filings

Research Fellow pay range

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

P10$64,355
P25$70,000
Median$74,414
P75$78,280
P90$98,360
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$71,750416 LCAs
Level II$74,982128 LCAs
Level III$76,81417 LCAs
Level IV$83,8667 LCAs

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

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Research Fellow 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.

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 51%Biological Scientists, All Other 29%Biochemists and Biophysicists 9%Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 2%Epidemiologists 1%Physicists 1%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042 51.03% 322 $68,182 $71,406 $76,210
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 29.48% 186 $75,193 $77,267 $80,357
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021 9.35% 59 $70,000 $75,000 $81,277
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031 1.9% 12 $70,450 $74,684 $84,432
Epidemiologists 19-1041 0.95% 6 $73,522 $76,080 $76,955
Physicists 19-2012 0.79% 5 $70,000 $71,750 $73,000

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Research Fellow

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
Mayo Clinic
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 95 $68,182 -4.5%
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other
 79 $76,000 -1.6%
General Hospital
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 63 $71,406 +0%
National Institutes Of Health Hhs
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 40 $102,304 +43.3%
Children S Hospital
SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other
 32 $77,267 +0%
Harvard University
SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other
 30 $76,000 -1.6%
Brigham And Women S Hospital
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 29 $71,406 +0%
National Institutes Of Health Hhs
SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other
 29 $102,183 +32.3%
Cincinnati Children S Hospital Medical Center
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 20 $64,355 -9.9%
National Institutes Of Health Hhs
SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists
 13 $93,661 +24.9%
Children S Hospital
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 11 $77,265 +8.2%
General Hospital
SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists
 10 $70,875 -5.5%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 10 $75,000 +5%
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists
 9 $76,000 +1.3%
Brigham And Women S Hospital
SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists
 9 $71,750 -4.3%

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 Research Fellow8 LCAs · median $76,054

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