H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Research Scientist

Occupation profile for Research Scientist covers 5,738 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $182,000.

FY2026 certified median
$182,000
Total filings
5,738
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$91,000–$214,032
Top employer
Meta Platforms, Inc
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20241,743$130,603$76,000$181,300
FY20251,991$165,000$80,000$192,435
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)2,004$182,000$91,000$214,032

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Research ScientistFY2024 $130,603; FY2025 $165,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $182,000$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$130,603FY2025$165,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$182,000Certified median offer, Research ScientistFY2024 $130,603; FY2025 $165,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $182,000$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$130,603FY2025$165,000FY2026*$182,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Meta Platforms, Inc1,506 filings
  2. Google LLC506 filings
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology250 filings
  4. NVIDIA Corporation209 filings
  5. Intel Corporation139 filings
  6. The University of Virginia105 filings
  7. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center96 filings
  8. ByteDance Inc.84 filings
  9. UT Southwestern Medical Center79 filings
  10. NYU Grossman School of Medicine77 filings

Top cities

  1. Menlo Park709 filings
  2. New York494 filings
  3. Cambridge337 filings
  4. Mountain View314 filings
  5. Bellevue254 filings
  6. Sunnyvale182 filings
  7. Boston171 filings
  8. Houston169 filings
  9. Santa Clara140 filings
  10. Seattle116 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Meta Platforms, Inc · Research Scientist1,506 filings
  2. Google LLC · Research Scientist506 filings
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Research Scientist250 filings
  4. NVIDIA Corporation · Research Scientist209 filings
  5. Intel Corporation · Research Scientist139 filings
  6. The University of Virginia · Research Scientist105 filings
  7. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Research Scientist96 filings
  8. ByteDance Inc. · Research Scientist84 filings
  9. UT Southwestern Medical Center · Research Scientist79 filings
  10. NYU Grossman School of Medicine · Research Scientist77 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
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1221$100,422$137,779$175,136$212,493
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1221$107,515$150,738$193,960$237,182
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1221$123,302$163,072$202,862$242,632
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1021$90,730$114,795$138,882$162,947
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-1042$76,419$98,800$121,202$143,582
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1042$85,550$109,533$133,494$157,477
2026-27Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 2642019-1042$63,190$77,813$92,435$107,058
2026-27Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAArea 3890015-1221$143,832$183,290$222,768$262,226