Associate Scientist H-1B Salary

567 certified H-1B filings list the job title Associate Scientist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $85,300; the middle half of filings fall between $70,000 and $102,408. The largest sponsor for this title is Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (59 filings).

567
certified filings
$85,300
Median base salary
$70,000
25th pct
$102,408
75th pct
$115,000
90th pct
$63,052
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
$63,052$85,300 median$115,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026125$84,000
FY2025175$87,298
FY2024139$85,301
FY2023128$81,654

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY56$82,915
Cambridge, MA45$109,200
Batavia, IL41$85,301
Memphis, TN24$65,520
Philadelphia, PA23$65,001
Tarrytown, NY20$88,900
Cranbury, NJ15$63,086
Menlo Park, CA14$95,800
Middleton, WI12$48,006
South San Francisco, CA12$122,310
Miami, FL11$88,000
San Diego, CA10$85,865
Stanford, CA10$105,400
Watertown, MA10$109,600
San Francisco, CA9$95,800
Boston, MA8$105,000
Somerville, MA8$109,508
Waltham, MA8$89,240
Redwood City, CA7$104,270
Hayward, CA6$116,141

Associate Scientist salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai59$82,827
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL36$65,520
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.29$88,900
Temple University--A Commonwealth University25$68,232
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC22$87,299
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC20$85,300
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab17$118,000
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory13$95,800
PPD Development, L.P.12$48,006
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI11$88,000
WuXi Biologics USA, LLC10$70,000
Primera Analytical Solutions Corporation9$60,902
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.9$112,000
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE8$77,480
Intellia Therapeutics7$105,000
Impossible Foods Inc.6$104,270
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.6$112,200
Imanis Life Sciences, LLC5$69,010
Orna Therapeutics, Inc.5$109,200
RICONPHARMA, LLC5$66,300
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.4$111,582
GenScript USA Inc.4$72,500
Gilead Sciences, Inc.4$106,080
INGENUS PHARMACEUTICALS NJ, LLC4$65,000
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC4$95,649
Ring Therapeutics, Inc.4$106,930
Veranova, L.P.4$76,626
Indiana University3$100,000
Kansas State University3$56,555
MedImmune LLC3$78,092
Soley Therapeutics, Inc3$130,000
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation3$72,000
Zoetis, Inc.3$64,000
ADITI CONSULTING LLC2$75,400
Alloy Therapeutics, LLC2$85,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, INC.2$57,751
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy2$93,820
Beyond Meat, Inc.2$70,698
BioNTech US Inc.2$102,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company2$103,126
Carlisle Construction Materials LLC2$78,749
Celltheon Corporation2$116,129
Corixa Corporation2$75,798
Firmenich Incorporated2$86,942
FL Tech Solutions, LLC.2$51,655
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.2$107,500
Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$63,690
Henry Ford Health System2$120,016
IGM Biosciences, Inc2$120,234
Ingenia Therapeutics Inc.2$115,000

Related job titles

Associate Research Scientist $78,155Associate Data Scientist $100,000Senior Associate Scientist $99,828Associate Staff Scientist $70,324Associate Scientist II $85,000Associate Project Scientist $93,800Associate $147,368Scientist $100,000Senior Associate, Data Scientist $145,000Associate Academic Research Scientist $75,000

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