Senior Research Specialist H-1B Salary

376 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Research Specialist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $99,341; the middle half of filings fall between $70,000 and $113,963. The largest sponsor for this title is THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (198 filings).

376
certified filings
$99,341
Median base salary
$70,000
25th pct
$113,963
75th pct
$120,411
90th pct
$57,000
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
$57,000$99,341 median$120,411

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202668$90,834
FY2025112$107,515
FY202480$95,222
FY2023116$101,379

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Midland, MI69$108,493
Freeport, TX54$112,889
Lake Jackson, TX36$110,812
Princeton, NJ30$63,000
Collegeville, PA28$109,970
Baltimore, MD19$61,343
Chicago, IL15$70,000
Pittsburgh, PA14$51,146
Auburn, MI13$118,102
Houston, TX8$110,314
Buffalo, NY7$72,000
Columbia, MO4$45,011
Lincoln, NE4$62,500
Memphis, TN4$64,618
Nashville, TN4$72,146
Sioux Falls, SD4$54,486
Deer Park, TX3$115,586
Exton, PA3$118,102
Pearland, TX3$112,248
Manvel, TX2$111,876

Senior Research Specialist salary by employer

Top 28 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY198$111,114
The Trustees of Princeton University35$64,500
Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC24$111,446
Johns Hopkins University19$61,343
DOW SILICONES CORPORATION18$111,634
University of Pittsburgh16$51,146
Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division9$73,627
University of Illinois at Chicago8$68,998
University of Illinois Chicago8$69,167
The Curators of the University of Missouri6$47,216
Avery Dennison Corporation4$123,512
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska4$62,500
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center4$64,618
Vanderbilt University4$72,146
Nokia of America Corporation3$147,400
Sanford3$56,056
University of Illinois2$67,122
Arizona State University1$51,355
Children's Hospital Los Angeles1$84,843
HMH Hospitals Corporation1$60,000
Refinitiv US LLC1$173,986
Sanford Research1$45,739
Texas A&M AgriLife Research1$85,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology1$54,000
The University of Chicago1$155,000
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.1$91,730
University of Chicago1$161,258
University of Rochester1$72,000

Related job titles

Specialist Senior $159,300Research Specialist $67,350Senior Specialist $100,000Senior Solution Specialist $124,200Senior Research Associate $85,938Senior Research Scientist $107,625Senior Research Engineer $129,712Senior Technical Specialist $122,428Research Associate Senior $70,000Senior Research Analyst $103,368

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