Assistant Research Scientist H-1B Salary

595 certified H-1B filings list the job title Assistant Research Scientist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $72,492; the middle half of filings fall between $64,230 and $88,049. The largest sponsor for this title is The University of Iowa (75 filings).

595
certified filings
$72,492
Median base salary
$64,230
25th pct
$88,049
75th pct
$103,772
90th pct
$57,472
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$57,472$72,492 median$103,772

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026110$76,590
FY2025173$75,000
FY2024166$72,000
FY2023146$65,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Baltimore, MD63$77,000
New York, NY62$72,000
Iowa City, IA61$69,092
College Station, TX59$62,100
Ann Arbor, MI52$85,942
College Park, MD34$94,448
Tempe, AZ26$66,472
Greenbelt, MD21$101,000
Augusta, GA20$66,132
Athens, GA12$65,000
Houston, TX8$75,250
Rockville, MD7$67,486
Temple, TX7$61,732
Bryan, TX6$90,154
Orangeburg, NY6$56,802
West Lafayette, IN6$73,029
La Jolla, CA5$125,400
Mcallen, TX5$52,000
Bloomington, IN4$68,338
Gloucester Point, VA4$61,170

Assistant Research Scientist salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
The University of Iowa75$69,793
University of Michigan61$86,425
Johns Hopkins University53$74,500
University of Maryland College Park48$94,764
Texas A&M University47$63,745
Arizona State University38$65,474
NYU Grossman School of Medicine38$72,554
University of Maryland, Baltimore County32$97,820
Texas A&M AgriLife Research26$60,000
BOR USGA obo Augusta University21$66,000
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.19$59,818
Texas A&M Transportation Institute16$95,086
New York University13$79,420
University of Georgia10$64,010
Purdue University7$71,552
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station7$67,473
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY7$52,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO6$125,400
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science6$72,000
The College of William and Mary5$62,565
University of Maryland5$107,440
Indiana University4$68,338
The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.4$61,650
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA4$63,678
University of Georgia; OGE4$67,995
University of Illinois4$73,500
Howard University3$75,000
Northern California Institute for Research and Education3$95,056
Health Research Inc.2$49,954
Indiana University Indianapolis2$66,000
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis2$64,150
Morgan State University2$88,350
Temple University--A Commonwealth University2$53,000
The Nemours Foundation - Nemours Children's Health2$66,217
University of Maryland Center forEnvironmental Science2$90,922
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY1$70,000
Conservation International1$82,347
FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish & Wildlife Research Institute1$59,280
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute1$47,840
New York University, Center for Data Science1$65,146
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY1$54,075
Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.1$95,000
The Catholic University of America1$98,421
The University of Arizona1$75,540
The University of Southern California1$46,530
Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, Inc.1$94,900
UChicago Argonne LLC1$84,094
University of California, Santa Cruz1$158,700
University of Louisiana at Lafayette1$52,000
University of Maryland - College Park, MD1$64,168

Related job titles

Assistant Academic Research Scientist $66,685Research Scientist $150,000Research Assistant $53,336Assistant Scientist $74,235Research Assistant Professor $82,500Associate Research Scientist $78,155Senior Research Scientist $107,625Assistant Project Scientist $80,100Research Scientist II $118,200Assistant Research Professor $80,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer