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Research Scientist: H-1B salaries

7,351 labor condition applications used the job title Research Scientist. Median offered base salary $133,050; middle half $76,755–$190,000.

Applications (LCAs)7,351

Median offered salary$133,050

Middle half of salaries$76,755–$190,000

10th–90th percentile$65,000–$222,772

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Meta Platforms, Inc	1,839	$190,883
Google LLC	633	$195,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	338	$84,150
NVIDIA Corporation	246	$173,971
Intel Corporation	202	$138,445
The University of Virginia	148	$67,650
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	119	$72,000
ByteDance Inc.	110	$245,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center	103	$69,200
The Ohio State University	98	$77,056
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	87	$85,050
Brigham and Women's Hospital	71	$73,000
University of Pittsburgh	66	$65,000
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	63	$64,334
Trustees of Boston University	63	$72,100
IBM Corporation	63	$205,000
University of Illinois	61	$75,000
General Hospital Corporation	59	$70,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	57	$72,000
KLA Corporation	46	$158,000
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	45	$180,000
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	43	$75,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	41	$77,126
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	41	$58,341
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	40	$68,756
Van Andel Research Institute	40	$75,250
Duke University	38	$78,874
Purdue University	37	$89,994
New York University	36	$75,000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	35	$67,583
Waymo LLC	35	$199,000
Cleveland Clinic	35	$63,876
QPS, LLC	33	$90,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri	32	$52,042
Netflix, Inc.	31	$257,421
University of Texas Medical Branch	31	$64,950
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	30	$70,818
University of Oklahoma	29	$76,908
The University of Texas at Dallas	29	$70,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College	28	$69,653
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	25	$106,923
Texas A&M University	25	$72,500
California Institute of Technology	24	$84,500
Yale University	24	$94,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	23	$108,326
Mayo Clinic	23	$104,644
Virginia Commonwealth University	22	$68,964
Harvard University	22	$100,000
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	21	$67,922
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	21	$65,000
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	21	$92,000
TikTok Inc.	21	$205,920
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	20	$70,000
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence	19	$216,300
The George Washington University	19	$81,760
J-Star Research, Inc.	18	$99,000
Case Western Reserve University	18	$67,301
Northeastern University	18	$104,000
The University of Southern California	18	$108,472
University of Notre Dame du Lac	17	$65,508

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$75,000
Level II (qualified)	$160,340
Level III (experienced)	$142,785
Level IV (fully competent)	$204,000

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	1,506	$105,242
FY2024	1,681	$116,000
FY2025	1,934	$135,056
FY2026	1,951	$178,360

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).