Computer and Information Research 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 32 wage applications for Computer and Information Research Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 16 employers. The median offered wage was $163,061, 0.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed the most (9, median $147,867).

Filings: 32
Positions covered: 211
Employers: 16
Median offered: $163,061
Median prevailing wage: $141,814
Filings since FY2020: 110
Median offer change since FY2020: +40%

Computer and Information Research Scientist, all employers32 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$163,061Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$140,261 to $204,249Where the middle half of the filings fall

$141,814Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Computer and Information Research Scientist jobs rose 40%, from $122,500 in fiscal 2020 to $171,621 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 17 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.

Computer and Information Research Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	31	$171,621	+53.3%	$141,814	+0.2%
2025	14	$111,925	+3.9%	$106,694	+0.6%
2024	16	$107,738	−6.3%	$99,778	+1.4%
2023	9	$115,000	+15.3%	$113,339	+0.2%
2022	17	$99,715	−5.8%	$99,715	at the minimum
2021	13	$105,875	−13.6%	$102,398	+4.9%
2020	10	$122,500	n/a	$116,771	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	9	$147,867	at the minimum
Pocket AI LLC	4	$220,000	+55.1%
Autopoiesis Sciences, Inc.	2	$189,750	+10.6%
AIcadium, Inc.	2	$145,600	+13.5%
Eli Lilly and Company	2	$105,435	+34.1%
LTIMindtree Limited	1	$143,374	at the minimum
Turing Enterprises Inc.	1	$184,018	at the minimum
SB Technology, Inc.	1	$154,500	+16.4%
DHHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)	1	$99,965	+19.6%
Protagolabs, Inc.	1	$148,849	+12.4%
Koop LLC	1	$500,000	+110.3%

Showing the 11 employers with the most filings of 16. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Computer and Information Research Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
San Francisco, CA	5	$180,686	at the minimum
New York, NY	4	$204,651	at the minimum
Berkeley, CA	3	$172,000	+0.2%
San Diego, CA	3	$145,600	+13.5%
Wilmington, DE	3	$123,552	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	2	$220,000	+55.1%
Indianapolis, IN	2	$105,435	+34.1%
Seattle, WA	2	$220,000	+55.1%
Atlanta, GA	1	$99,965	+19.6%
Diamond Bar, CA	1	$184,018	at the minimum
Madison, WI	1	$154,500	+16.4%
Marina Del Rey, CA	1	$90,000	+2.5%
Palo Alto, CA	1	$500,000	+110.3%
Phoenix, AZ	1	$140,000	+4.1%
Portsmouth, NH	1	$143,374	at the minimum
Vienna, VA	1	$148,849	+12.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry12%

Level II, qualified23%

Level III, experienced38%

Level IV, fully competent27%

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.
1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.