Staff 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 46 wage applications for Staff Research Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 16 employers. The median offered wage was $220,000, 34.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Visa U.S.A. Inc. filed the most (9, median $169,100).

Filings: 46
Positions covered: 45
Employers: 16
Median offered: $220,000
Median prevailing wage: $147,867
Filings since FY2020: 192
Median offer change since FY2020: +69%

Staff Research Scientist, all employers46 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$220,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$169,100 to $255,460Where the middle half of the filings fall

$147,867Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Staff Research Scientist jobs rose 69%, from $130,300 in fiscal 2020 to $220,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 35.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 37 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.

Staff Research Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	45	$220,000	−3.5%	$147,711	+35.3%
2025	37	$228,073	+26.7%	$157,581	+20.4%
2024	33	$180,000	+12.5%	$139,339	+15.1%
2023	29	$160,000	+5.3%	$111,779	+33.6%
2022	15	$152,000	+5.5%	$142,438	+5.3%
2021	14	$144,123	+10.6%	$143,011	+9.3%
2020	19	$130,300	n/a	$130,300	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Visa U.S.A. Inc.	9	$169,100	+26.1%
IBM Corporation	9	$249,922	+68.2%
Boston Dynamics, Inc.	6	$219,300	+37.4%
Google LLC	4	$292,500	+40.0%
Mobi Systems, Inc.	4	$195,000	+69.4%
Mongodb, Inc.	2	$287,500	+11.7%
Kennedy Krieger Institute	2	$71,448	at the minimum
Salesforce, Inc.	2	$240,460	+40.1%
Greenwood Genetic Center, Inc.	1	$77,000	+2.0%
Hippocratic AI, Inc	1	$300,000	+33.3%
Shockwave Medical, Inc.	1	$167,077	+0.3%
Upstart Network, Inc.	1	$199,500	+212.4%
Epsilon Data Management LLC	1	$152,800	+2.8%
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Inc.	1	$241,000	+79.9%
Snowflake Inc.	1	$250,370	at the minimum
Pindrop Security, Inc.	1	$175,000	+18.3%

Where Staff Research Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Foster City, CA	7	$169,100	+26.1%
Waltham, MA	6	$219,300	+37.4%
Yorktown Heights, NY	6	$255,277	+75.4%
San Francisco, CA	4	$233,230	+40.1%
Somerville, MA	4	$195,000	+69.4%
Mountain View, CA	3	$300,000	+49.2%
Palo Alto, CA	3	$300,000	+16.5%
Baltimore, MD	2	$71,448	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	2	$255,536	+55.4%
Atlanta, GA	1	$143,700	+34.6%
Austin, TX	1	$152,200	+49.1%
Bellevue, WA	1	$250,370	at the minimum
Cambridge, MA	1	$278,000	+30.7%
Dublin, OH	1	$199,500	+212.4%
Durham, NC	1	$222,820	+62.8%
Greenwood, SC	1	$77,000	+2.0%
Santa Clara, CA	1	$167,077	+0.3%
Secaucus, NJ	1	$175,000	+18.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry7%

Level II, qualified44%

Level III, experienced16%

Level IV, fully competent33%

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.