H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Research Associate

Occupation profile for Principal Research Associate covers 40 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $114,232.

FY2026 certified median
$114,232
Total filings
40
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$105,638–$118,500
Top employer
City Therapeutics, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202415$110,000$94,871$116,936
FY202510$111,431$106,657$115,267
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)15$114,232$105,638$118,500

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal Research AssociateFY2024 $110,000; FY2025 $111,431; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $114,232$0$40,000$80,000$120,000FY2024$110,000FY2025$111,431FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$114,232Certified median offer, Principal Research AssociateFY2024 $110,000; FY2025 $111,431; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $114,232$0$40k$80k$120kFY2024$110,000FY2025$111,431FY2026*$114,232
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. City Therapeutics, Inc.4 filings
  2. CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.4 filings
  3. Sana Biotechnology, Inc.4 filings
  4. TScan Therapeutics, Inc.4 filings
  5. Ideaya Biosciences Inc.3 filings
  6. Alloy Therapeutics, Inc.2 filings
  7. Foghorn Therapeutics, Inc2 filings
  8. GC Therapeutics, Inc.2 filings
  9. ModernaTX, Inc.2 filings
  10. ReNAgade Therapeutics Management, Inc.2 filings

Top cities

  1. Cambridge15 filings
  2. South San Francisco6 filings
  3. Waltham6 filings
  4. Boston5 filings
  5. Lexington2 filings
  6. Watertown2 filings
  7. Berkeley1 filings
  8. Framingham1 filings
  9. Princeton1 filings
  10. New York1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    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
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1029$77,626$100,755$123,885$147,014
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1021$90,730$114,795$138,882$162,947
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1021$114,899$141,648$168,376$195,125
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1029$92,955$120,349$147,742$175,136
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-2031$77,002$103,626$130,250$156,874
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1022$86,611$103,771$120,910$138,070
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-1029$82,077$102,690$123,323$143,936
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1022$89,024$112,320$135,637$158,933
    2026-27Trenton-Princeton, NJArea 4594019-2032$92,248$104,894$117,541$130,187