H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

R&D Scientist

Occupation profile for R&D Scientist covers 44 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $101,566.

FY2026 certified median
$101,566
Total filings
44
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$82,358–$119,974
Top employer
Rust-Oleum Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202413$82,455$79,934$105,872
FY202516$101,378$83,700$133,691
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)15$101,566$82,358$119,974

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, R&D ScientistFY2024 $82,455; FY2025 $101,378; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $101,566$0$40,000$80,000$120,000FY2024$82,455FY2025$101,378FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$101,566Certified median offer, R&D ScientistFY2024 $82,455; FY2025 $101,378; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $101,566$0$40k$80k$120kFY2024$82,455FY2025$101,378FY2026*$101,566
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Rust-Oleum Corporation6 filings
  2. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.4 filings
  3. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.3 filings
  4. Atoco, Inc.2 filings
  5. Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.2 filings
  6. Ageis Bio, LLC1 filings
  7. Byrne Dairy, Inc.1 filings
  8. Egglife Foods, Inc.1 filings
  9. EMD Performance Materials Corporation1 filings
  10. Entegris, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Pleasant Prairie6 filings
  2. Santa Clara3 filings
  3. Sugar Land3 filings
  4. Foothill Ranch2 filings
  5. Dudley2 filings
  6. Memphis2 filings
  7. Houston2 filings
  8. Berkeley1 filings
  9. City of Industry1 filings
  10. Sausalito1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    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
    2026-27Kenosha, WIArea 2845019-2031$70,616$80,517$90,397$100,298
    2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2141$82,618$103,168$123,739$144,290
    2026-27Memphis, TN-MS-ARArea 3282019-2031$52,749$68,536$84,323$100,110
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194019-1021$85,488$111,114$136,760$162,386
    2026-27Worcester, MAArea 4934019-2032$121,347$135,866$150,384$164,902
    2026-27Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDArea 1258019-1012$63,149$82,139$101,130$120,120
    2026-27Boise City, IDArea 1426019-1012$42,494$56,805$71,115$85,426
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1029$77,626$100,755$123,885$147,014
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-2031$77,002$103,626$130,250$156,874
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-2032$94,973$113,838$132,704$151,570