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Senior Research Scientist H-1B salaries

Employers filed 605 certified H-1B applications for Senior Research Scientist roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $110,000. The typical offer was 17% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

Median salary offered
$110,000
Middle half earn
$85,000 to $175,000
Top 10% earn over
$229,229
Certified filings
605

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Pay by employer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center74$85,000−23%$81,000 – $88,000
NVIDIA Corporation41$201,094+83%$192,000 – $224,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center27$85,000−23%$81,034 – $90,098
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School24$74,412−32%$72,727 – $78,199
UT Southwestern Medical Center19$76,251−31%$70,000 – $78,625
NYU Grossman School of Medicine17$110,2500%$101,000 – $130,000
Google LLC15$231,000+110%$217,500 – $244,000
Salesforce, Inc.12$249,786+127%$236,134 – $265,624
IBM Corporation10$260,776+137%$243,184 – $292,403
University of Pittsburgh10$80,210−27%$80,000 – $90,695
Trustees of Boston University10$106,920−3%$100,350 – $117,355
Adesis, Inc.10$128,348+17%$127,282 – $134,940
Upstart Network, Inc.7$176,200+60%$171,800 – $198,650
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston7$80,000−27%$76,656 – $81,000
MBZUAI Labs USA Inc.6$445,000+305%$425,000 – $468,750
General Hospital Corporation5$76,000−31%$70,000 – $84,573
Pindrop Security, Inc.5$165,000+50%$165,000 – $167,000
SunHydrogen, Inc.5$108,118−2%$105,997 – $108,118
Robert Bosch LLC5$127,712+16%$127,712 – $165,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York5$90,000−18%$90,000 – $95,000
UIH America, Inc.5$110,0000%$110,000 – $114,950
Brigham and Women's Hospital4$89,102−19%$78,988 – $105,019
University of Illinois4$99,600−9%$99,200 – $100,000
The University of Virginia4$68,400−38%$66,800 – $70,325
UII America, Inc.4$164,114+49%$161,817 – $165,000
Databricks, Inc.4$216,790+97%$207,774 – $229,076
Texas A&M AgriLife Research4$102,614−7%$95,552 – $110,052
The University of Texas at Austin4$207,000+88%$151,659 – $243,000
United Imaging Healthcare North America, Inc.3$113,300+3%$109,150 – $113,300
Southwest Research Institute3$106,112−4%$104,138 – $106,876
QPS, LLC3$105,000−5%$102,716 – $112,500
The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University3$68,000−38%$62,500 – $69,000
Mongodb, Inc.3$189,592+72%$181,796 – $219,796
Northeastern University3$91,350−17%$90,088 – $92,175
Georgia Institute of Technology3$86,821−21%$86,038 – $103,410
Toyota Research Institute, Inc.3$249,312+127%$236,668 – $249,312
University of Texas Medical Branch3$100,000−9%$91,495 – $100,000
Norc3$130,000+18%$130,000 – $130,000
Harvard University3$150,000+36%$142,486 – $165,000
Drexel University3$78,042−29%$70,336 – $79,124
FANUC America Corporation3$201,057+83%$198,064 – $202,014
IonQ Quantum, Inc.3$155,000+41%$140,000 – $155,000
American Air Liquide Inc.3$111,700+2%$111,084 – $116,056
GNS Healthcare, Inc.2$115,000+5%$112,500 – $117,500
Snowflake Inc.2$204,541+86%$202,270 – $206,812
SiOxMed LLC2$62,223−43%$61,792 – $62,654
PAII Inc.2$150,381+37%$150,190 – $150,572
Phoenix Tailings Inc.2$110,0000%$110,000 – $110,000
Prelude Therapeutics, Inc.2$125,000+14%$125,000 – $125,000
Noble Artificial Intelligence Inc.2$204,000+85%$201,000 – $207,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
New York, NY112$88,000$85,000 – $111,975
Houston, TX43$85,000$80,500 – $94,799
Worcester, MA24$74,412$72,727 – $78,199
Santa Clara, CA24$201,094$201,094 – $227,446
Boston, MA23$106,920$92,500 – $126,380
Dallas, TX20$76,126$70,000 – $77,938
Palo Alto, CA16$243,358$208,125 – $260,000
Cambridge, MA16$163,155$128,750 – $200,000
Pittsburgh, PA14$88,690$80,020 – $131,682
Seattle, WA13$193,000$110,000 – $219,450
Sunnyvale, CA11$170,186$142,606 – $430,000
Atlanta, GA9$145,000$86,821 – $167,000
Mountain View, CA9$224,682$215,000 – $236,000
Wilmington, DE8$126,801$124,963 – $134,793
Somerville, MA8$119,904$112,554 – $124,250
Yorktown Heights, NY7$250,880$245,749 – $289,014
San Jose, CA7$201,094$191,961 – $249,609
Newark, DE6$111,084$106,367 – $117,925
College Station, TX6$102,614$91,851 – $114,508
Austin, TX6$168,000$161,250 – $225,000

By experience level

Level I65$83,616
Level II214$90,000
Level III167$124,848
Level IV132$151,239

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

202355$92,000
2024199$106,000
2025201$100,000
2026150$148,041

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