H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Engineer, Research

Occupation profile for Senior Engineer, Research covers 34 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $100,422.

FY2026 certified median
$100,422
Total filings
34
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$90,542–$135,735
Top employer
Samsung Research America, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202414$120,016$117,728$129,808
FY20259$130,000$124,271$159,182
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)11$100,422$90,542$135,735

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Engineer, ResearchFY2024 $120,016; FY2025 $130,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $100,422$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$120,016FY2025$130,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$100,422Certified median offer, Senior Engineer, ResearchFY2024 $120,016; FY2025 $130,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $100,422$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$120,016FY2025$130,000FY2026*$100,422
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Samsung Research America, Inc.22 filings
  2. RTX Technology Research Center, a Division of RTX Corporation5 filings
  3. RTX BBN Technologies, Inc.4 filings
  4. Carrier Corporation1 filings
  5. RTX Corporation1 filings
  6. Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Plano16 filings
  2. Berkeley4 filings
  3. Mountain View4 filings
  4. Cambridge4 filings
  5. Irvine2 filings
  6. Carlsbad1 filings
  7. San Jose1 filings
  8. East Hartford1 filings
  9. East Syracuse1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Samsung Research America, Inc. · Senior Engineer, Research22 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
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1221$75,317$107,141$138,986$170,810
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2199$98,051$130,146$162,261$194,355
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1221$96,678$133,702$170,726$207,750
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-2051$88,920$112,861$136,781$160,722
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910017-2071$79,435$103,771$128,086$152,422
2026-27Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CTArea 2554015-1221$129,626$130,790$131,934$133,099