AI Scientist H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221).

Employers filed 64 wage applications for AI Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 14 employers. The median offered wage was $280,000, 29.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Mistral AI, Inc. filed the most (34, median $297,500).

Filings: 64
Positions covered: 77
Employers: 14
Median offered: $280,000
Median prevailing wage: $164,403
Filings since FY2020: 110
Median offer change since FY2020: +87%

AI Scientist, all employers64 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$280,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$164,250 to $310,743Where the middle half of the filings fall

$164,403Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for AI Scientist jobs rose 87%, from $150,000 in fiscal 2020 to $280,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 29.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 20 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

AI Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	63	$280,000	+12.0%	$164,403	+29.2%
2025	20	$250,000	+31.6%	$169,240	+11.5%
2024	8	$190,000	n/a	$176,238	+7.0%
2023	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	6	$168,000	+13.9%	$130,146	+29.1%
2021	6	$147,500	−1.7%	$132,184	+14.3%
2020	5	$150,000	n/a	$107,182	+39.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Mistral AI, Inc.	34	$297,500	+30.4%
Intuit Inc.	7	$140,145	+27.2%
Morpheus AI, LLC	6	$312,970	+50.2%
Uniphore Technologies North America, Inc.	3	$165,000	+29.2%
Sorenson Communications, LLC	3	$140,760	+13.1%
Dematic Corp.	2	$133,733	+15.0%
GE Precision Healthcare LLC	2	$187,950	+15.1%
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	1	$150,000	+67.8%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.	1	$140,000	+0.6%
WorldQuant, LLC	1	$170,000	+17.7%

Showing the 10 employers with the most filings of 14. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where AI Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Palo Alto, CA	35	$285,000	+29.2%
San Mateo, CA	6	$312,970	+50.2%
Atlanta, GA	3	$140,145	+27.2%
New York, NY	3	$180,000	+7.5%
Bellevue, WA	2	$187,950	+15.1%
Charlotte, NC	2	$139,668	+49.2%
Mountain View, CA	2	$146,378	+5.6%
Sacramento, CA	2	$140,760	+13.1%
San Diego, CA	2	$202,500	+31.1%
Austin, TX	1	$140,000	+0.6%
Houston, TX	1	$150,000	+67.8%
North Potomac, MD	1	$142,466	+13.0%
Pittsburgh, PA	1	$152,440	+25.5%
Redmond, WA	1	$386,000	+54.2%
San Francisco, CA	1	$285,000	+36.3%
West Palm Beach, FL	1	$170,000	+17.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry8%

Level II, qualified27%

Level III, experienced19%

Level IV, fully competent46%

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 employers 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.