Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Palo Alto, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2025. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. filed 31 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2025. The median wage it offered was $140,000, 9.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Engineer (3 filings, median $155,041).
- Filings since FY2020
- 31
- Positions covered
- 31
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 23
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Last filed
- FY2025
Offered wage since 2020
Palo Alto Research Center, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 22%, from $114,595 in fiscal 2020 to $140,000 in fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2022 it was 14.6% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 15 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 15 | $140,000 | −12.5% | $125,757 | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 5 | $160,000 | +39.6% | $125,674 | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 8 | $114,595 | n/a | $112,372 | at the minimum |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Engineer | 3 | $155,041 | +9.7% | |
| Research Scientist | 3 | $145,000 | +3.4% | |
| Structural & Analytics Engineer | 3 | $130,000 | +32.1% | |
| Member of Research Staff | 2 | $142,000 | +11.5% | |
| Member of Technical Staff (Materials Science Researcher) | 2 | $121,103 | +0.5% | |
| Data Scientist, Sensor Analytics | 1 | $140,000 | +48.1% | |
| Data Scientist/Structural Analysis Engineer | 1 | $130,000 | +11.7% | |
| Intellectual Capital Business Analyst | 1 | $109,554 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 1 | $150,000 | +14.6% | |
| Mechanical Design Software Engineer | 1 | $180,000 | +71.0% | |
| Mechanical Engineer | 1 | $129,002 | at the minimum | |
| Mechanical Engineer, Fluid Dynamics | 1 | $166,000 | +13.1% | |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) | 1 | $178,630 | +6.9% | |
| Natural Language Processing Data Scientist | 1 | $115,190 | at the minimum | |
| Product Engineer (Mechanical Engineer) | 1 | $150,000 | +19.3% | |
| Prognostics and Diagnostics Engineer | 1 | $195,000 | +55.2% | |
| Project Manager (Software Delivery) | 1 | $169,603 | at the minimum | |
| Research Assistant - UX Designer | 1 | $65,062 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist I, R&D, Chemical & Materials | 1 | $115,000 | +9.8% | |
| Scientist I, Research and Development | 1 | $115,000 | +9.8% | |
| Scientist II, R&D, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering | 1 | $160,000 | +6.3% | |
| Scientist II, R&D, Computer Science & Engineering | 1 | $150,000 | +4.1% | |
| Software Developer | 1 | $133,016 | +1.0% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto, CA | 27 | $140,000 |
| Cary, NC | 3 | $160,000 |
| North Bethesda, MD | 1 | $195,000 |
By visa type: 31 H-1B. By outcome: 30 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.