Research Assistant Professor H-1B Salary

1,145 certified H-1B filings list the job title Research Assistant Professor (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $82,500; the middle half of filings fall between $72,000 and $98,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Northwestern University (90 filings).

1,145
certified filings
$82,500
Median base salary
$72,000
25th pct
$98,000
75th pct
$115,000
90th pct
$62,701
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
$62,701$82,500 median$115,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026212$85,000
FY2025344$85,000
FY2024296$85,000
FY2023293$78,400

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Chicago, IL108$78,688
Pittsburgh, PA62$75,500
Nashville, TN36$83,124
Lincoln, NE34$80,566
Gainesville, FL33$82,992
Miami, FL27$91,350
Philadelphia, PA25$95,000
Evanston, IL24$88,191
Chapel Hill, NC22$76,427
Salt Lake City, UT22$97,000
Houston, TX21$74,351
Boston, MA20$93,500
Bronx, NY20$87,500
Knoxville, TN20$92,592
Charlottesville, VA16$100,000
Albuquerque, NM14$76,270
Iowa City, IA14$77,154
Rochester, NY14$62,722
Seattle, WA14$108,762
Ann Arbor, MI13$85,384

Research Assistant Professor salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Northwestern University90$86,245
University of Pittsburgh65$75,502
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska46$84,880
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA41$82,400
Vanderbilt University31$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL30$90,000
University of Utah26$99,108
Clemson University25$73,440
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE25$95,110
Albert Einstein College of Medicine23$86,250
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI22$111,597
Washington State University22$84,914
University of Houston21$72,500
University of Illinois at Chicago21$70,000
University of Rochester19$65,000
The University of Virginia17$102,800
University of New Mexico17$76,267
Texas A&M University16$77,512
The University of Iowa15$75,000
University of Illinois Chicago15$70,300
University of Washington15$110,916
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA14$110,160
Tufts University14$95,000
University of Michigan14$85,292
The Ohio State University13$105,000
Oregon Health & Science University12$89,892
Temple University--A Commonwealth University12$63,268
Texas Tech University12$67,153
Vanderbilt University Medical Center12$100,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University12$85,804
Michigan Technological University11$66,331
Purdue University11$97,706
The University of Southern California11$76,856
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY11$89,250
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY10$73,342
The University of Texas at Austin10$103,961
University of Nevada, Reno10$77,864
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center9$131,955
George Mason University9$100,800
Iowa State University of Science and Technology9$87,651
University of Alaska9$106,662
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund8$82,500
The University of Chicago8$84,750
Kansas State University7$57,130
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY7$60,778
Oklahoma State University7$55,830
Old Dominion University7$80,000
Syracuse University7$79,510
University of Illinois7$90,000
University of North Dakota7$78,000

Related job titles

Assistant Research Professor $80,000Assistant Professor/Research $83,232Assistant Professor of Research $70,000Assistant Professor $106,667Research Assistant $53,336Clinical Assistant Professor $184,800Assistant Research Scientist $72,492Assistant Teaching Professor $79,393Visiting Assistant Professor $70,000Assistant Professor - Clinical $235,702

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