H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Research Scholar

Occupation profile for Research Scholar covers 134 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $79,600.

FY2026 certified median
$79,600
Total filings
134
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$74,778–$82,065
Top employer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202440$67,000$65,000$76,088
FY202561$70,000$68,274$82,033
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)33$79,600$74,778$82,065

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Research ScholarFY2024 $67,000; FY2025 $70,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $79,600$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$67,000FY2025$70,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$79,600Certified median offer, Research ScholarFY2024 $67,000; FY2025 $70,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $79,600$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$67,000FY2025$70,000FY2026*$79,600
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center43 filings
  2. North Carolina State University34 filings
  3. Duke University21 filings
  4. The Trustees of Princeton University7 filings
  5. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY5 filings
  6. New York University4 filings
  7. Bard College2 filings
  8. Columbia University2 filings
  9. Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation2 filings
  10. Old Dominion University2 filings

Top cities

  1. New York49 filings
  2. Raleigh32 filings
  3. Durham21 filings
  4. Princeton6 filings
  5. Boise5 filings
  6. West Lafayette2 filings
  7. Minneapolis2 filings
  8. Norfolk2 filings
  9. San Diego1 filings
  10. San Francisco1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Research Scholar43 filings
  2. North Carolina State University · Research Scholar34 filings
  3. Duke University · Research Scholar21 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 3562019-1042$76,419$98,800$121,202$143,582
2026-27Raleigh-Cary, NCArea 3958019-1013$59,072$73,403$87,734$102,066
2026-27Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 2050019-1021$65,707$84,531$103,334$122,158
2026-27Boise City, IDArea 1426019-2012$98,384$123,469$148,533$173,618
2026-27Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 2050019-1042$65,083$86,195$107,286$128,398
2026-27Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 2050019-3099$69,056$81,786$94,515$107,245
2026-27Raleigh-Cary, NCArea 3958019-1029$75,691$94,349$113,006$131,664
2026-27Raleigh-Cary, NCArea 3958019-1041$67,122$89,877$112,632$135,387
2026-27Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 2050019-3011$99,861$129,438$159,016$188,594
2026-27Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIArea 3346019-1042$75,213$93,683$112,133$130,603