H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Research Fellow

Occupation profile for Research Fellow covers 1,982 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $75,000.

FY2026 certified median
$75,000
Total filings
1,982
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$71,406–$78,600
Top employer
National Institutes of Health, HHS
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024760$71,510$62,795$88,205
FY2025719$73,544$70,000$77,267
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)503$75,000$71,406$78,600

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Research FellowFY2024 $71,510; FY2025 $73,544; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $75,000$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$71,510FY2025$73,544FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$75,000Certified median offer, Research FellowFY2024 $71,510; FY2025 $73,544; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $75,000$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$71,510FY2025$73,544FY2026*$75,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. National Institutes of Health, HHS439 filings
  2. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute239 filings
  3. General Hospital Corporation234 filings
  4. Children's Hospital Corporation225 filings
  5. Mayo Clinic217 filings
  6. Harvard University147 filings
  7. Brigham and Women's Hospital124 filings
  8. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center40 filings
  9. The University of Texas at Austin33 filings
  10. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center27 filings

Top cities

  1. Boston916 filings
  2. Bethesda346 filings
  3. Rochester163 filings
  4. Charlestown110 filings
  5. Cincinnati39 filings
  6. Cambridge33 filings
  7. Rockville33 filings
  8. New York33 filings
  9. Austin33 filings
  10. Jacksonville31 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. National Institutes of Health, HHS · Research Fellow439 filings
  2. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Research Fellow239 filings
  3. General Hospital Corporation · Research Fellow234 filings
  4. Children's Hospital Corporation · Research Fellow225 filings
  5. Mayo Clinic · Research Fellow217 filings
  6. Harvard University · Research Fellow147 filings
  7. Brigham and Women's Hospital · Research Fellow124 filings
  8. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · Research Fellow40 filings
  9. The University of Texas at Austin · Research Fellow33 filings
  10. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Research Fellow27 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
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1029$77,626$100,755$123,885$147,014
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1042$85,550$109,533$133,494$157,477
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790019-1029$75,670$99,590$123,490$147,410
2026-27Rochester, MNArea 4034019-1042$71,302$79,643$88,005$96,346
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790019-1042$76,898$99,757$122,637$145,496
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1021$90,730$114,795$138,882$162,947
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790019-1021$66,040$87,235$108,430$129,626
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-1042$76,419$98,800$121,202$143,582
2026-27Cincinnati, OH-KY-INArea 1714019-1042$59,509$81,266$103,022$124,779
2026-27Jacksonville, FLArea 2726019-1042$67,558$98,363$129,168$159,973