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413,194 H-1B & PERM records for "scientist", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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$100707

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$6200

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$1000000

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Active filters: Job: scientist
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Global Clinical Head Gaithersburg, MD $360706 H-1B Apr 8, 2022
SAP Labs, LLC Data Science Chief Expert Palo Alto, CA $360678 H-1B Dec 5, 2024
Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc. Chief Scientific Officer Miramar, FL $360000 H-1B May 13, 2026
BYTEDANCE INC. Research Scientist Bellevue, WA $360000 H-1B May 13, 2026
TikTok Inc. Machine Learning Engineer San Jose, CA $360000 H-1B May 13, 2026
Google LLC Director, Business Management Jacksonville, FL $360000 H-1B Mar 24, 2026
Workato Inc. AI Researcher San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 27, 2026
Mistral AI, Inc. AI Scientist Palo Alto, CA $360000 - $380000 H-1B Apr 18, 2026
Scale AI, Inc. Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist New York, NY $360000 - $420000 H-1B Jun 22, 2026
BYTEDANCE INC. Research Scientist Bellevue, WA $360000 H-1B Apr 8, 2026
Workato Inc. AI Researcher San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 27, 2026
Hillbot Inc. Director, 3D AI Santa Clara, CA $360000 H-1B Jun 3, 2025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Assistant Attending New York, NY $360000 - $380000 H-1B Apr 7, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Oct 21, 2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Instructor New York, NY $360000 - $370000 H-1B May 13, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Oct 4, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research Scientist) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Oct 3, 2024
Angi Inc. VP, Product Analytics Sammamish, WA $360000 - $380000 H-1B Aug 13, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research & AI Systems) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Jul 30, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (RS) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 18, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Aug 23, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (RS) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 18, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research & AI Systems) San Francisco, CA $360000 E-3 Jun 21, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (RE) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 18, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Dec 21, 2023
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research Scientist) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 1, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research & AI Systems) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Jul 24, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (RE) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 23, 2024
ByteDance Inc. Tech Lead Machine Learning Engineer - AIGC Model San Jose, CA $360000 H-1B Feb 6, 2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Assistant Member New York, NY $360000 - $400000 H-1B Jan 30, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research Scientist) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 4, 2024
NVIDIA Corporation Distinguished Engineer Santa Clara, CA $360000 - $546250 H-1B Jun 24, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (RS) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 18, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Research & AI Systems) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Jul 15, 2024
SAP Labs, LLC Data Science Expert Palo Alto, CA $360000 H-1B Mar 27, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Apr 18, 2024
TikTok Inc. Senior Lead Data Scientist - PDPO San Jose, CA $360000 H-1B Aug 2, 2023
Netflix, Inc. Senior Data Scientist Los Gatos, CA $360000 H-1B Nov 25, 2020
Netflix, Inc. Data Scientist Los Gatos, CA $360000 H-1B Nov 19, 2019
NETFLIX Senior Data Scientist Los Angeles, CA $360000 Green Card Dec 13, 2019
OLEAN GENERAL HOSPITAL CARDIOLOGIST Olean, NY $360000 - $400000 H-1B Aug 27, 2019
WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEMATOLOGIST/ONCOLOGIST NORTON, VA $360000 H-1B May 14, 2018
WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEMATOLOGIST/ONCOLOGIST PHYSICIAN NORTON, VA $360000 H-1B May 9, 2018
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER Assistant Professor, Radiology JACKSON, MS $360000 Green Card Jun 20, 2017
IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATI… CARDIOLOGIST WEST DES MOINES, IA $360000 - $450000 H-1B Jan 4, 2016
IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATI… CARDIOLOGIST CEDAR RAPIDS, IA $360000 - $425000 H-1B Feb 5, 2016
IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATI… CARDIOLOGIST MARENGO, IA $360000 - $425000 H-1B May 5, 2016
IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATI… CARDIOLOGIST DES MOINES, IA $360000 - $450000 H-1B Jan 4, 2016
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JACKSON, MS $360000 H-1B Feb 23, 2016
IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATI… CARDIOLOGIST INDEPENDENCE, IA $360000 - $425000 H-1B Feb 5, 2016
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This data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's public disclosure files for H-1B (temporary work visa) and green card (PERM labor certification) applications.

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