H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Applied Scientist

Occupation profile for Staff Applied Scientist covers 19 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $302,000.

FY2026 certified median
$302,000
Total filings
19
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$133,782–$342,500
Top employer
Cruise LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202511$237,850$226,250$248,891
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)8$302,000$133,782$342,500

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Applied ScientistFY2025 $237,850; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $302,000$0$200,000$400,000$600,000FY2025$237,850FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$302,000Certified median offer, Staff Applied ScientistFY2025 $237,850; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $302,000$0$200k$400k$600kFY2025$237,850FY2026*$302,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Cruise LLC4 filings
  2. Uber Technologies, Inc.4 filings
  3. Cohesity, Inc.2 filings
  4. Hippocratic AI, Inc2 filings
  5. Adobe Inc.1 filings
  6. Afresh Technologies, Inc.1 filings
  7. Datadog, Inc.1 filings
  8. Outreach Corporation1 filings
  9. RadiusAI, Inc.1 filings
  10. RNBW Holdings LLC1 filings

Top cities

  1. San Francisco8 filings
  2. Palo Alto3 filings
  3. Little Rock2 filings
  4. Los Angeles1 filings
  5. San Jose1 filings
  6. Cambridge1 filings
  7. New York1 filings
  8. Bellevue1 filings
  9. Seattle1 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
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-2051$110,386$142,438$174,512$206,565
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
    2026-27Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, ARArea 3078015-2051$73,320$89,606$105,914$122,200
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2199$98,051$130,146$162,261$194,355
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-3011$81,411$109,117$136,822$164,528
    2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1221$93,870$126,630$159,390$192,150
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1221$107,515$150,738$193,960$237,182
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186011-3021$167,565$208,104$248,643$289,182
    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