H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Research Associate

Occupation profile for Senior Research Associate covers 649 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $87,000.

FY2026 certified median
$87,000
Total filings
649
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$71,788–$100,000
Top employer
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024216$89,440$73,306$99,189
FY2025254$88,680$73,325$106,070
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)179$87,000$71,788$100,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Research AssociateFY2024 $89,440; FY2025 $88,680; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $87,000$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$89,440FY2025$88,680FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$87,000Certified median offer, Senior Research AssociateFY2024 $89,440; FY2025 $88,680; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $87,000$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$89,440FY2025$88,680FY2026*$87,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Bernstein Institutional Services LLC33 filings
  2. UT Southwestern Medical Center30 filings
  3. Case Western Reserve University28 filings
  4. Oregon Health & Science University20 filings
  5. Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.15 filings
  6. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER14 filings
  7. Northwestern University12 filings
  8. Purdue University12 filings
  9. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston12 filings
  10. CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.11 filings

Top cities

  1. New York61 filings
  2. Cambridge54 filings
  3. Dallas36 filings
  4. Cleveland28 filings
  5. Boston27 filings
  6. Somerville25 filings
  7. Chicago22 filings
  8. South San Francisco20 filings
  9. Portland19 filings
  10. Athens18 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Bernstein Institutional Services LLC · Senior Research Associate33 filings
  2. UT Southwestern Medical Center · Senior Research Associate30 filings
  3. Case Western Reserve University · Senior Research Associate28 filings
  4. Oregon Health & Science University · Senior Research Associate20 filings
  5. Tessera Therapeutics, Inc. · Senior Research Associate15 filings
  6. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · Senior Research Associate14 filings
  7. Purdue University · Senior Research Associate12 filings
  8. Northwestern University · Senior Research Associate12 filings
  9. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Senior Research Associate12 filings
  10. CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc. · Senior Research Associate11 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
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562013-2051$87,339$117,686$148,054$178,402
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1021$90,730$114,795$138,882$162,947
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1029$92,955$120,349$147,742$175,136
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910019-1042$64,397$77,210$90,043$102,856
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-4021$49,962$58,739$67,496$76,274
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910019-1029$66,123$77,834$89,523$101,234
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1042$85,550$109,533$133,494$157,477
2026-27Cleveland, OHArea 1741019-1042$67,142$75,712$84,261$92,830
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1021$114,899$141,648$168,376$195,125