H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Research Software Engineer

Occupation profile for Research Software Engineer covers 56 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $112,500.

FY2026 certified median
$112,500
Total filings
56
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$88,927–$181,534
Top employer
IBM Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202414$181,272$103,500$217,188
FY202517$111,780$101,951$135,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)25$112,500$88,927$181,534

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Research Software EngineerFY2024 $181,272; FY2025 $111,780; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $112,500$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$181,272FY2025$111,780FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$112,500Certified median offer, Research Software EngineerFY2024 $181,272; FY2025 $111,780; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $112,500$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$181,272FY2025$111,780FY2026*$112,500
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. IBM Corporation10 filings
  2. University of Illinois10 filings
  3. Johns Hopkins University6 filings
  4. Arizona State University3 filings
  5. California Institute of Technology3 filings
  6. The Trustees of Princeton University3 filings
  7. UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)3 filings
  8. Battelle Memorial Institute1 filings
  9. Boston College1 filings
  10. Code for Science & Society, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Urbana10 filings
  2. Baltimore6 filings
  3. Yorktown Heights5 filings
  4. San Francisco3 filings
  5. Princeton3 filings
  6. Oak Ridge3 filings
  7. Phoenix2 filings
  8. Mountain View2 filings
  9. Pasadena2 filings
  10. Cambridge2 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. IBM Corporation · Research Software Engineer10 filings
  2. University of Illinois · Research Software Engineer10 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
2026-27Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDArea 1258015-1252$93,454$123,531$153,608$183,685
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1221$107,515$150,738$193,960$237,182
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1221$100,422$137,779$175,136$212,493
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
2026-27Knoxville, TNArea 2894015-1221$87,547$107,037$126,547$146,037
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Trenton-Princeton, NJArea 4594019-2042$68,827$82,742$96,637$110,552
2026-27Amherst Town-Northampton, MAArea 1120015-1252$96,616$118,914$141,190$163,488