Staff Scientist H-1B Salary

1,242 certified H-1B filings list the job title Staff Scientist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $76,491; the middle half of filings fall between $66,329 and $105,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Washington University (320 filings).

1,242
certified filings
$76,491
Median base salary
$66,329
25th pct
$105,000
75th pct
$125,822
90th pct
$60,508
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
$60,508$76,491 median$125,822

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026273$80,000
FY2025343$78,000
FY2024332$76,244
FY2023294$72,583

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
St. Louis, MO230$63,076
Bethesda, MD102$120,579
La Jolla, CA80$78,000
Duarte, CA76$81,034
St Louis, MO72$67,500
Chicago, IL54$76,490
Bronx, NY48$75,000
Seattle, WA44$92,674
Houston, TX42$74,984
Rockville, MD34$120,579
Rochester, NY30$60,000
Nashville, TN26$73,292
Boston, MA20$86,995
Monrovia, CA20$80,443
Oklahoma City, OK18$63,500
Pasadena, CA17$80,000
Washington, DC17$85,256
San Diego, CA14$110,400
Philadelphia, PA12$77,136
Jupiter, FL11$72,409

Staff Scientist salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Washington University320$64,992
National Institutes of Health, HHS189$120,579
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope82$80,722
The Scripps Research Institute55$78,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine54$75,000
The University of Chicago52$76,491
Baylor College of Medicine46$74,492
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center38$93,934
University of Rochester33$60,000
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute23$75,587
City of Hope National Medical Center22$84,738
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center20$65,387
California Institute of Technology18$80,000
Children's Hospital Corporation18$94,282
Vanderbilt University Medical Center18$72,583
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab15$148,000
Oregon Health & Science University14$108,160
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA11$72,409
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia10$87,558
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER NEW ORLEANS9$60,000
Vanderbilt University9$75,000
Corning Research & Development Corporation7$123,434
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC7$170,602
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies7$81,200
Children's National Medical Center6$76,182
Georgetown University6$70,900
The Washington University6$64,466
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology6$77,273
Benaroya Research Institute5$93,349
Illumina, Inc.5$118,200
The Forsyth Institute5$54,392
The Translational Genomics Research Institute5$68,737
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory4$110,700
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.3$75,000
Buck Institute for Research on Aging3$68,000
Geisinger Clinic3$63,523
La Jolla Institute for Immunology3$84,843
New York Genome Center, Inc.3$98,000
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.3$210,000
Southern Microbiological Services, LLC3$75,000
The New York Stem Cell Foundation, Inc.3$85,780
University of Chicago3$70,054
Washington State University3$67,000
Washington University in St. Louis3$70,000
Axle Informatics LLC2$120,579
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason2$82,689
Carnegie Institution for Science2$161,000
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center2$70,524
Dexcom, Inc.2$144,355
Eurofins EAG Agroscience, LLC2$69,344

Related job titles

Staff Data Scientist $173,121Staff Research Scientist $200,911Staff Scientist I $73,570Senior Staff Scientist $91,350Associate Staff Scientist $70,324Scientist $100,000Senior Staff Data Scientist $214,200Data Scientist $119,000Research Scientist $150,000Staff Engineer $155,000

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