Search Scientist salaries
5,437 H-1B & PERM records for "Search 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.5437
Results Found
$126549
Average Salary
$28170
Minimum
$564000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | Research Scientist | $239200 - $287500 | Green Card | Oct 30, 2024 | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $239120 - $259120 | Green Card | Oct 21, 2022 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | New York, NY | $239120 - $259120 | Green Card | Nov 8, 2022 |
| IBM Corporation | Research Staff Member | $238881 - $289200 | Green Card | Jul 20, 2024 | |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning | Sunnyvale, CA | $236900 - $320000 | Green Card | Mar 9, 2023 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Research Scientist | Sunnyvale, CA | $236803 | H-1B | May 19, 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Research Scientist | Sunnyvale, CA | $236803 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $235200 - $278000 | Green Card | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Perception Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $235200 | H-1B | Jan 25, 2024 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | UX Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $235200 | H-1B | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Perception Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $235200 | H-1B | Jul 26, 2023 |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Research Scientist Manager | San Francisco, CA | $235200 | H-1B | Feb 3, 2022 |
| Attestable, Inc. | Senior Software Engineer, Zero Knowledge | New York, NY | $235000 - $255000 | H-1B | Dec 23, 2025 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Research Scientist in Multimodal Machine Learning | Mountain View, CA | $235000 | Green Card | Aug 3, 2022 |
| CRUISE LLC | Senior Applied Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $235000 - $255000 | Green Card | Feb 12, 2022 |
| ORACLE AMERICA, INC. | Data Scientist | Redwood Shores, CA | $235000 - $259536 | Green Card | May 31, 2022 |
| CRUISE LLC | Senior Applied Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $235000 - $255000 | Green Card | May 4, 2022 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Applied Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $234789 - $254789 | Green Card | Dec 16, 2022 |
| KLA Corporation | Research Scientist | Milpitas, CA | $234446 | H-1B | Aug 1, 2024 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Research Scientist | $234062 - $287500 | Green Card | Dec 12, 2024 | |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Senior Research Scientist - Large Language Models | San Jose, CA | $233600 | H-1B | Nov 6, 2025 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Principal Researcher | REDMOND, WA | $233500 - $253000 | Green Card | May 8, 2017 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Health Research Scientist | Burlingame, CA | $232000 | H-1B | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Health Research Scientist | Burlingame, CA | $232000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2025 |
| ADOBE INC. | Research Scientist/Engineer | $232000 - $247482 | Green Card | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| Microsoft Corporation | Applied Sciences | $231000 - $261000 | Green Card | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Research Scientist | $230000 - $258750 | Green Card | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Senior Principal UX Researcher | Santa Clara, CA | $230000 | Green Card | Sep 9, 2022 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Research Scientist, Machine Learning | Mountain View, CA | $230000 | Green Card | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Cruise LLC | Senior Applied Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $230000 - $250000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2021 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Research Scientists, Machine Learning | Mountain View, CA | $230000 | Green Card | Jun 27, 2021 |
| SAILTHRU INC. | Lead Data Scientist | New York, NY | $230000 | Green Card | Oct 14, 2020 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $228267 - $240240 | Green Card | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| APPLE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $227857 - $267700 | Green Card | Oct 27, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK INC. | Applied Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $227700 | H-1B | Jan 8, 2021 |
| GENMAB U.S., INC | Director - Clinical Research Scientist | Plainsboro, NJ | $227635 | Green Card | Dec 28, 2022 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Manager III, Applied Science | Seattle, WA | $227400 | H-1B | 2025 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $227360 - $247360 | Green Card | Dec 12, 2022 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $227182 - $247182 | Green Card | Mar 2, 2020 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $227182 - $247182 | Green Card | Mar 2, 2020 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Research Scientist | $226825 - $286000 | Green Card | Dec 15, 2023 | |
| KLA Corporation | Research Scientist | $225428 - $276600 | Green Card | Dec 20, 2023 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $225396 - $240240 | Green Card | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| Motional AD Inc. | Senior Engineer (Autonomy – Perception & Predicti… | $225000 | Green Card | Jan 7, 2025 | |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer - Ads core | Mountain View, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Nov 17, 2021 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer - Ads core | Mountain View, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Nov 16, 2021 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Jan 9, 2020 |
| Voyage Auto Inc | Senior Research Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Jan 17, 2020 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Principal Researcher | REDMOND, WA | $225000 - $245000 | Green Card | Sep 1, 2016 |
| AIG PC GLOBAL SERVICES, INC. | Director, Scientist - Computer Vision | NEW YORK, NY | $225000 | Green Card | Apr 3, 2017 |
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