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Computer and Information Research Scientists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 15-1111. 329 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $119,000, middle half $93,538–$150,000.

Applications (LCAs)329

Median offered salary$119,000

Middle half of salaries$93,538–$150,000

10th–90th percentile$75,000–$185,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	73	$83,000
Level II (qualified)	148	$116,916
Level III (experienced)	48	$150,000
Level IV (fully competent)	34	$195,759

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
TuSimple, Inc.	29	$110,136
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	14	$116,168
eBay Inc.	8	$157,491
Ericsson Inc.	6	$123,152
University of Michigan	6	$66,548
Johns Hopkins University	5	$97,469
Georgia Institute of Technology	5	$79,310
Carnegie Mellon University	5	$60,000
Tencent America LLC	5	$160,000
University of Wisconsin System	5	$66,300
Genentech, Inc.	4	$136,524
International Business Machines Corporation	4	$125,552
ByteDance Inc.	4	$147,500
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	4	$159,000
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	3	$118,820
Restaurant Brands International	3	$103,709
Levi Strauss & Co.	3	$195,000
George Mason University	3	$77,667
Triad National Security, LLC	3	$135,951
Groupon, Inc.	3	$100,000
NerdWallet, Inc.	3	$155,000
University of California, San Diego	3	$62,000
Ambient AI, Inc.	3	$117,083
Invitae Corporation	3	$180,000
TikTok Inc.	3	$210,000
At&t Services, Inc.	3	$180,000
Open Avenues Foundation	3	—
PayPal, Inc.	3	$135,864
PathAI, Inc.	2	$157,250
Amazon.com Services LLC	2	$179,420
MPG Operations LLC	2	$112,882
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	2	$123,812
Iterable, Inc.	2	$179,930
Arkose Labs, Inc.	2	$137,500
Snap Inc.	2	$150,852
Columbia University	2	$81,125
Nimble Robotics, Inc.	2	$135,000
Quora, Inc.	2	$137,010
Character Technologies Inc.	2	$300,000
Epitec, Inc.	2	$96,772
Epic! Creations, Inc.	2	$157,500
California Institute of Technology	2	$90,062
Louisiana State University and A&M College	2	$77,990
The University of Tennessee	2	$82,588
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	2	$71,625
Yale University	2	$62,500
Galois, Inc.	2	$152,238
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	2	$70,459
Discord, Inc.	2	$200,000
IBM Corporation	2	$126,974

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	196	$116,605
FY2024	108	$130,811
FY2025	25	$125,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).