H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal, Applied Scientist

Occupation profile for Principal, Applied Scientist covers 27 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $250,370.

FY2026 certified median
$250,370
Total filings
27
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$223,400–$273,910
Top employer
Amazon.com Services LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20245$208,520$200,166$236,080
FY202511$245,565$220,697$245,565
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)11$250,370$223,400$273,910

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal, Applied ScientistFY2024 $208,520; FY2025 $245,565; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $250,370$0$90,000$180,000$270,000FY2024$208,520FY2025$245,565FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$250,370Certified median offer, Principal, Applied ScientistFY2024 $208,520; FY2025 $245,565; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $250,370$0$90k$180k$270kFY2024$208,520FY2025$245,565FY2026*$250,370
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Amazon.com Services LLC20 filings
  2. Amazon Retail LLC1 filings
  3. Autel US Inc1 filings
  4. Cisco Systems, Inc.1 filings
  5. Microsoft Corporation1 filings
  6. MultiPlan Inc. DBA Claritev Inc.1 filings
  7. Splunk, Inc.1 filings
  8. Zillow, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Seattle13 filings
  2. San Francisco3 filings
  3. Palo Alto2 filings
  4. Bellevue2 filings
  5. Fremont1 filings
  6. Sunnyvale1 filings
  7. Whittier1 filings
  8. Plantation1 filings
  9. Boston1 filings
  10. Cambridge1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Amazon.com Services LLC · Principal, Applied Scientist20 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1221$123,302$163,072$202,862$242,632
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1221$100,422$137,779$175,136$212,493
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1221$96,678$133,702$170,726$207,750
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2199$92,976$115,107$137,259$159,390
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-2051$77,584$106,995$136,406$165,818
2026-27Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLArea 3310015-2051$72,363$97,677$122,990$148,304
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1221$107,515$150,738$193,960$237,182
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086