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Principal Research Associate H-1B salaries

Employers filed 39 certified H-1B applications for Principal Research Associate roles between Mar 2023 and May 2026. The median salary was $108,232.

Median salary offered
$108,232
Middle half earn
$103,408 to $116,502
Top 10% earn over
$120,400
Certified filings
39

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
City Therapeutics, Inc.4$117,500$115,000 – $120,500
TScan Therapeutics, Inc.4$105,331$105,248 – $105,331
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.4$118,468$116,936 – $120,960
Ideaya Biosciences Inc.3$105,000$103,408 – $110,534
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.3$113,464$110,282 – $114,232
ModernaTX, Inc.2$96,242$96,242 – $96,242
ReNAgade Therapeutics Management, Inc.2$109,116$108,674 – $109,558
Foghorn Therapeutics, Inc2$105,851$105,851 – $105,851
Alloy Therapeutics, Inc.2$81,000$80,250 – $81,750
GC Therapeutics, Inc.2$110,000$110,000 – $110,000
CAMP4 Therapeutics Corporation1$118,000$118,000 – $118,000
Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.1$112,861$112,861 – $112,861
Calico Life Sciences LLC1$146,000$146,000 – $146,000
Mote Therapeutics Inc.1$97,000$97,000 – $97,000
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1$88,800$88,800 – $88,800
Land Therapeutics, Inc1$107,120$107,120 – $107,120
NILO Therapeutics, Inc.1$118,000$118,000 – $118,000
Sanofi US Services Inc.1$81,750$81,750 – $81,750
Textile Research Institute1$80,000$80,000 – $80,000
Viska Bio, Inc.1$93,500$93,500 – $93,500
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.1$157,346$157,346 – $157,346

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
Cambridge, MA15$110,000$107,666 – $115,000
Waltham, MA6$105,166$88,125 – $105,331
South San Francisco, CA5$115,000$105,000 – $116,069
Boston, MA5$116,936$116,936 – $120,000
Watertown, MA2$105,851$105,851 – $105,851
Lexington, MA2$127,173$112,086 – $142,260
Berkeley, CA1$88,800$88,800 – $88,800
Framingham, MA1$81,750$81,750 – $81,750
New York, NY1$118,000$118,000 – $118,000
Princeton, NJ1$80,000$80,000 – $80,000

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I4$80,875
Level II23$108,232
Level III10$116,500

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
20235$110,000
202415$105,331
202510$114,465
20269$107,120