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Sr. Research Scientist: H-1B salaries

71 labor condition applications used the job title Sr. Research Scientist. Median offered base salary $100,000; middle half $80,000–$125,000.

Applications (LCAs)71

Median offered salary$100,000

Middle half of salaries$80,000–$125,000

10th–90th percentile$71,624–$224,863

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	13	$86,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center	7	$77,000
General Hospital Corporation	5	$80,286
UIH America, Inc.	4	$112,475
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$112,993
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	3	$72,030
Databricks, Inc.	3	$223,579
Axon Enterprise, Inc.	2	$233,500
Brigham and Women's Hospital	2	$112,070
Yahoo Holdings Inc.	2	$205,036
Prelude Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$125,000
Hippocratic AI, Inc	2	$260,000
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	1	$80,000
CrowdStrike, Inc.	1	$166,000
Talking Rain Beverage Company, Inc.	1	$107,593
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. (NCASI)	1	$67,288
Oath Holdings, Inc.	1	$179,625
LANXESS Corporation	1	$120,000
Runway AI, Inc.	1	$215,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri	1	$53,102
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	1	$117,603
University of Mississippi	1	$60,000
Corning Research & Development Corporation	1	$125,486
GenBio.AI, Inc.	1	$240,000
Georgia Institute of Technology	1	$85,256
University of Texas Medical Branch	1	$82,990
The Research Foundation for SUNY Albany	1	$96,000
Southwest Research Institute	1	$106,112
University of Colorado Denver	1	$80,184
Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.	1	$109,814
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	1	$113,400
Mongodb, Inc.	1	$189,592
Candela Corporation	1	$120,098
MBZUAI Labs USA Inc.	1	$380,000
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA, LLC	1	$128,546

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$77,000
Level II (qualified)	$86,839
Level III (experienced)	$125,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$120,000

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.

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	14	$112,070
FY2024	16	$110,000
FY2025	21	$87,678
FY2026	18	$103,199

Cities

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).