Research Scientist salaries
5,433 H-1B & PERM records for "Research Scientist", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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Source: US Dept of Labor. Represents Base Salary only. Excludes RSUs, signing bonuses, and variable compensation.5433
Results Found
$126525
Average Salary
$28170
Minimum
$564000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASAPP, Inc. | Research Engineer | $190000 - $211000 | Green Card | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | ASIC II (MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER) | SUNNYVALE, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Mar 14, 2024 |
| TIKTOK INC. | Machine Learning Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $190000 | Green Card | May 9, 2022 |
| RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC | Manager, Technical Safety | Irvine, CA | $190000 | Green Card | Oct 6, 2022 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Research Scientist (Security and Privacy) | Mountain View, CA | $190000 | Green Card | Feb 1, 2022 |
| FORWARD MORTGAGE LENDING, INC. | Senior Data Science Analyst | Fort Mill, SC | $190000 - $250000 | Green Card | Sep 14, 2021 |
| ZENDESK, INC. | Staff Machine Learning Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $190000 | Green Card | May 2, 2021 |
| MAPLEBEAR DBA INSTACART | Staff Operations Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $190000 - $250000 | Green Card | Jun 11, 2021 |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | ASIC II (MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER) | SUNNYVALE, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Jul 19, 2022 |
| APPLE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $190000 - $195000 | Green Card | Aug 26, 2021 |
| POSSIBLE FINANCE | Head of Machine Learning and Data Science | Seattle, WA | $190000 - $200000 | Green Card | Apr 12, 2021 |
| CRUISE LLC | Sr. Software Engineer | Bellevue, WA | $190000 - $210000 | Green Card | Nov 15, 2020 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $190000 - $200000 | Green Card | Mar 10, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | RESEARCH SCIENTIST | NEW YORK, NY | $190000 | H-1B | Feb 19, 2020 |
| SPORTRADAR US LLC | Data Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $190000 | Green Card | Apr 2, 2020 |
| LYFT INC | Research Scientist | New York, NY | $190000 | Green Card | Jan 8, 2020 |
| BAIDU USA LLC | Research Scientist | SUNNYVALE, CA | $190000 | Green Card | Nov 7, 2016 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Senior Research Scientist | SANTA CLARA, CA | $190000 - $197695 | Green Card | Nov 13, 2015 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Applied Sciences | $189660 - $219660 | Green Card | May 9, 2025 | |
| Cruise LLC | Senior Applied Research Scientist(s) | $189600 - $284400 | Green Card | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Applied Scientist III | Seattle, WA | $189500 | H-1B | Jan 26, 2023 |
| Ant Technologies U.S., Inc. | Senior Engineer | $189240 - $227088 | Green Card | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Engineer | $189140 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Systems Software Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $189000 - $199000 | Green Card | Jan 4, 2022 |
| APPLE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $188900 - $236900 | Green Card | Feb 18, 2022 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Principal Research Software Development Engineer | REDMOND, WA | $188700 - $208700 | Green Card | Apr 10, 2019 |
| IBM Corporation | Senior Service Designer | $188491 - $235000 | Green Card | May 12, 2024 | |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Data & Applied Scientist | New York, NY | $188412 - $208412 | Green Card | May 24, 2022 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $188175 - $208175 | Green Card | Sep 27, 2022 |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | APPLIED SCIENTIST II | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $188100 | H-1B | Dec 1, 2022 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Applied Scientist II | San Francisco, CA | $188100 | H-1B | Oct 26, 2022 |
| MEGAGON LABS INC | Research Scientist | Mountain View, CA | $188026 | Green Card | Sep 15, 2021 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Research Scientist III | Sunnyvale, CA | $188000 | H-1B | Dec 18, 2023 |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | RESEARCH SCIENTIST III | SUNNYVALE, CA | $188000 | H-1B | Jan 17, 2024 |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | RESEARCH SCIENTIST III | SUNNYVALE, CA | $188000 | H-1B | Jan 8, 2024 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $188000 - $208000 | Green Card | May 21, 2021 |
| Google LLC | Research Scientist | Austin, TX | $188000 | H-1B | Aug 29, 2022 |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | RESEARCH SCIENTIST III | SAN DIEGO, CA | $188000 | H-1B | Jul 29, 2022 |
| Facebook, Inc. | Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $188000 | H-1B | Jul 30, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | RESEARCH SCIENTIST | REDMOND, WA | $188000 | H-1B | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $187909 - $200200 | Green Card | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. | Senior Machine Learning Scientist | Mountain View, CA | $187750 | Green Card | Jan 9, 2023 |
| EBAY INC. | Data Scientist 3, Analyst | San Jose, CA | $187554 | Green Card | Oct 4, 2019 |
| EBAY INC. | Data Scientist 3, Analyst | SAN JOSE, CA | $187554 | Green Card | Sep 20, 2019 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Senior Research Software Development Engineer | REDMOND, WA | $187320 - $207320 | Green Card | Jun 21, 2017 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $187182 - $207182 | Green Card | Dec 9, 2020 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $187182 - $207182 | Green Card | Jul 7, 2020 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $187182 - $207182 | Green Card | Mar 17, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $187182 - $207182 | Green Card | Mar 20, 2020 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Applied Research Scientist | Bellevue, WA | $186733 - $206733 | Green Card | Dec 13, 2019 |
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