H-1B job title salary

Research Specialist

#231 most-filed title 251 certified LCAs filed under 30 occupations

Median salary

$74,315

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$59,252 – $93,746

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+6.16%

+2.94% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

251 filings

Research Specialist pay range

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

P10$50,648

P25$59,252

Median$74,315

P75$93,746

P90$118,102

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$57,25096 LCAs

Level II$82,86767 LCAs

Level III$103,81367 LCAs

Level IV$114,7339 LCAs

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

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SOC split

Research Specialist 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 Technicians 24%Biological Scientists, All Other 16%Materials Scientists 13%Biochemists and Biophysicists 8%Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 6%Chemical Engineers 5%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Biological Technicians 19-4021	23.9%	60	$48,954	$53,283	$60,933
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	15.94%	40	$68,836	$77,250	$89,220
Materials Scientists 19-2032	13.15%	33	$93,746	$93,746	$118,102
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	8.37%	21	$80,000	$86,940	$91,389
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	5.58%	14	$72,407	$76,358	$83,834
Chemical Engineers 17-2041	5.18%	13	$112,248	$119,142	$119,142
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-1013	4.78%	12	$55,500	$62,140	$68,596
Social Science Research Assistants 19-4061	3.19%	8	$51,106	$58,500	$65,000
Chemists 19-2031	3.19%	8	$110,516	$112,798	$117,865
Epidemiologists 19-1041	3.19%	8	$69,015	$69,997	$73,928
Data Scientists 15-2051	2.39%	6	$77,746	$86,112	$101,405

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Research Specialist

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 Dow Chemical SOC 19-2032 · Materials Scientists	27	$107,515	+14.7%
Emory University SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	21	$50,689	-4.9%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	19	$85,385	+10.5%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	15	$88,305	+1.6%
The Dow Chemical SOC 17-2041 · Chemical Engineers	13	$119,142	only sponsor
The Trustees Of Princeton University SOC 19-4061 · Social Science Research Assistants	5	$65,000	+11.1%
Johns Hopkins University SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	5	$70,000	-9.4%
Weill Cornell Medical College SOC 19-4021 · Biological Technicians	5	$71,011	+33.3%
University Of Illinois Chicago SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	5	$64,688	-15.3%
Brigham And Women S Hospital SOC 19-1041 · Epidemiologists	5	$72,946	+4.2%

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 Specialist82 LCAs · median $101,865
Research Specialist II19 LCAs · median $81,994
Research Specialist, Lead9 LCAs · median $50,862
Research Specialist, Senior7 LCAs · median $64,000
Research Specialist I7 LCAs · median $65,000

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