Quantitative Researcher H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Financial Quantitative Analysts (SOC 13-2099.01).
Employers filed 489 wage applications for Quantitative Researcher jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 84 employers. The median offered wage was $200,000, 56.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Two Sigma Investments, LP filed the most (68, median $235,000).
- Filings
- 489
- Positions covered
- 484
- Employers
- 84
- Median offered
- $200,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $109,491
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,908
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Quantitative Researcher jobs rose 21%, from $165,000 in fiscal 2020 to $200,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 60.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 341 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.
Quantitative Researcher by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 410 | $200,000 | no change | $103,210 | +60.8% |
| 2025 | 341 | $200,000 | +14.3% | $110,822 | +56.3% |
| 2024 | 290 | $175,000 | no change | $99,549 | +69.2% |
| 2023 | 257 | $175,000 | no change | $101,525 | +54.6% |
| 2022 | 263 | $175,000 | +6.1% | $107,744 | +46.4% |
| 2021 | 157 | $165,000 | no change | $107,141 | +47.8% |
| 2020 | 190 | $165,000 | n/a | $97,573 | +53.7% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 84. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Quantitative Researcher jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 317 | $200,000 | +52.2% | |
| Chicago, IL | 63 | $175,000 | +79.6% | |
| Miami, FL | 47 | $250,000 | +280.8% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 7 | $130,000 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 6 | $200,000 | +104.3% | |
| Greenwich, CT | 5 | $165,000 | +140.3% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 4 | $185,000 | +17.9% | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 4 | $180,000 | +76.5% | |
| Boston, MA | 3 | $190,000 | +117.1% | |
| Houston, TX | 3 | $150,000 | +131.6% | |
| Irvine, CA | 3 | $110,000 | +15.7% | |
| Norman, OK | 3 | $60,700 | +0.1% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 2 | $225,000 | +211.1% | |
| Bethesda, MD | 2 | $150,000 | +60.5% | |
| Cedar Park, TX | 2 | n/a | ||
| Durham, NC | 2 | $182,500 | +87.6% | |
| Newport Beach, CA | 2 | $134,745 | +26.6% | |
| Princeton, NJ | 2 | $207,500 | +34.2% | |
| Stamford, CT | 2 | $225,000 | +82.9% | |
| Allston, MA | 1 | $150,000 | +82.9% | |
| Bala Cynwyd, PA | 1 | $97,698 | at the minimum | |
| Cambridge, MA | 1 | $100,000 | +19.3% | |
| Dallas, TX | 1 | $81,800 | at the minimum | |
| Deerfield, IL | 1 | $230,000 | +152.1% | |
| Gaithersburg, MD | 1 | $125,000 | +0.7% | |
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 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.
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