User Experience Researcher H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists (SOC 17-2112.01).
Employers filed 28 wage applications for User Experience Researcher jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $135,800, 19.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Meta Platforms, Inc filed the most (7, median $174,389).
- Filings
- 28
- Positions covered
- 125
- Employers
- 12
- Median offered
- $135,800
- Median prevailing wage
- $112,445
- Filings since FY2020
- 201
- Median offer change since FY2020
- −16%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for User Experience Researcher jobs fell 16%, from $161,438 in fiscal 2020 to $135,800 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 20.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 42 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.
User Experience Researcher by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 25 | $135,800 | −17.7% | $111,717 | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 25 | $165,000 | +5.1% | $119,935 | +40.0% |
| 2024 | 27 | $157,000 | +9.4% | $108,118 | +41.3% |
| 2023 | 32 | $143,475 | −1.7% | $111,779 | +18.7% |
| 2022 | 42 | $146,000 | −11.7% | $98,821 | +49.6% |
| 2021 | 29 | $165,330 | +2.4% | $113,922 | +21.3% |
| 2020 | 21 | $161,438 | n/a | $95,763 | +31.8% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 7 | $174,389 | +30.0% | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6 | $135,800 | +18.1% | |
| Expedia, Inc. | 3 | $126,360 | at the minimum | |
| Scalence, LLC | 2 | $115,378 | +29.6% | |
| Mapbox, Inc. | 2 | $153,761 | +80.0% | |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | 2 | $102,669 | at the minimum | |
| Home Depot Management Company LLC | 1 | $96,920 | +9.2% | |
| Artech, LLC | 1 | n/a | ||
| Adobe Inc. | 1 | $147,000 | +63.6% | |
| The University of Virginia | 1 | $92,253 | +100.7% | |
Showing the 10 employers with the most filings of 12. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where User Experience Researcher jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo Park, CA | 5 | $172,716 | +30.0% | |
| Mountain View, CA | 4 | $115,378 | +35.1% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 4 | $147,000 | +15.6% | |
| Austin, TX | 2 | $134,856 | +10.8% | |
| Natick, MA | 2 | $102,669 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 2 | $135,800 | +29.9% | |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $96,920 | +9.2% | |
| Charlottesville, VA | 1 | $92,253 | +100.7% | |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | $102,623 | at the minimum | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $153,761 | +80.0% | |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $110,000 | +14.6% | |
| Richardson, TX | 1 | $86,000 | +7.3% | |
| San Jose, CA | 1 | $168,800 | +16.2% | |
| Seattle, WA | 1 | $126,360 | at the minimum | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1 | $202,014 | +18.7% | |
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.