H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Associate Researcher

Occupation profile for Associate Researcher covers 52 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $80,439.

FY2026 certified median
$80,439
Total filings
52
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$64,101–$91,000
Top employer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202420$54,888$53,000$76,097
FY202518$76,813$67,498$94,337
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)14$80,439$64,101$91,000

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Associate ResearcherFY2024 $54,888; FY2025 $76,813; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $80,439$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$54,888FY2025$76,813FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$80,439Certified median offer, Associate ResearcherFY2024 $54,888; FY2025 $76,813; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $80,439$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$54,888FY2025$76,813FY2026*$80,439
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai19 filings
  2. The University of Kansas19 filings
  3. Ant Technologies U.S., Inc.2 filings
  4. University of California, Berkeley2 filings
  5. University of California, San Francisco2 filings
  6. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety1 filings
  7. Electronic Arts Inc.1 filings
  8. NEC Laboratories America, Inc.1 filings
  9. The International Council on Clean Transportation1 filings
  10. Tufts University1 filings

Top cities

  1. New York18 filings
  2. Lawrence16 filings
  3. San Francisco3 filings
  4. Berkeley2 filings
  5. Sunnyvale2 filings
  6. Davis1 filings
  7. Los Angeles1 filings
  8. San Jose1 filings
  9. Santa Cruz1 filings
  10. Washington1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Associate Researcher19 filings
  2. The University of Kansas · Associate Researcher19 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-4021$46,301$55,702$65,083$74,485
2026-27Lawrence, KSArea 2994019-1021$70,678$86,965$103,230$119,517
2026-27Lawrence, KSArea 2994019-2031$73,549$86,778$99,986$113,214
2026-27Lawrence, KSArea 2994019-4061$48,922$54,974$61,006$67,059
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-1029$82,077$102,690$123,323$143,936
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1021$114,899$141,648$168,376$195,125
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2011$75,525$102,773$130,000$157,248
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
2026-27Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 1982019-1021$60,445$82,139$103,813$125,507
2026-27Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 1982019-3051$60,008$72,779$85,530$98,301