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301,605 H-1B & PERM records for "scientists", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR ANN ARBOR, MI $700000 H-1B Oct 5, 2011
UT Southwestern Medical Center Research Scientist Dallas, TX $692000 H-1B Jul 24, 2024
Anthropic, PBC Research Engineer San Francisco, CA $690000 E-3 Jan 6, 2025
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC AMAZON SCHOLAR ITHACA, NY $689998 H-1B May 21, 2026
Northwestern University Postdoctoral Scholar Chicago, IL $683400 H-1B May 13, 2025
The Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Scholar Hershey, PA $682560 H-1B Oct 30, 2023
OKBL USA Technology Inc. Sr Director, Data Science San Jose, CA $678000 H-1B Sep 23, 2025
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR- CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY Pittsburgh, PA $675000 H-1B Jan 11, 2019
ZIONS BANK / ZMSC DATA SCIENTIST SALT LAKE CITY, UT $675000 H-1B Jun 5, 2012
MAYO CLINIC SURGEON/RESEARCHER PHOENIX, AZ $670000 H-1B Sep 11, 2018
Miromind, Inc. Lead Scientist Bellevue, WA $666667 H-1B Apr 7, 2026
Advocado, Inc. Junior Data Scientist Studio City, CA $666602 H-1B Jun 13, 2024
University of Pittsburgh Research Scientist Pittsburgh, PA $663520 H-1B Apr 6, 2020
Columbia University Associate Research Scientist New York, NY $661000 H-1B Sep 27, 2021
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY--A COMMONWEALTH UNIVE… ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST Philadelphia, PA $651004 H-1B Sep 4, 2019
BYTEDANCE INC. Research Scientist Bellevue, WA $650000 H-1B Apr 15, 2025
Amazon.com Services LLC Amazon Scholar Pittsburgh, PA $650000 H-1B May 9, 2025
Amazon.com Services LLC Amazon Scholar Pittsburgh, PA $650000 H-1B Aug 21, 2025
Allen Institute for Artificial Intellig… Visiting Research Scientist Seattle, WA $650000 H-1B Apr 5, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff San Francisco, CA $650000 E-3 Sep 1, 2023
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN NEUROSURGEON Milwaukee, WI $650000 H-1B Apr 1, 2019
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN NEUROSURGEON Milwaukee, WI $650000 H-1B May 18, 2019
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST NEW YORK, NY $649000 H-1B Aug 12, 2011
Texas A&M University Assistant Research Scientist College Station, TX $648000 H-1B Oct 3, 2023
The Methodist Hospital Research Institu… Postdoctoral Fellow HOUSTON, TX $641520 H-1B May 14, 2020
Regents of the University of California… Postdoc-Employee Riverside, CA $640008 H-1B Apr 2, 2020
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION RESEARCH FELLOW Charlestown, MA $638208 - $55000 H-1B Nov 20, 2018
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION INSTRUCTOR IN INVESTIGATION Boston, MA $638000 H-1B Jan 8, 2019
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE SOIL AND PLANT SCIENTIST RIVERSIDE, CA $634945 H-1B Dec 16, 2010
THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW II HOUSTON, TX $633480 H-1B Apr 17, 2009
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Postdoctoral Research Associate Troy, NY $633420 H-1B Dec 9, 2020
ByteDance Inc. Research Scientist - Seed San Jose, CA $633400 H-1B Jun 9, 2026
The University of Texas Health Science … Senior Research Associate Houston, TX $630000 H-1B Jul 29, 2022
Netflix, Inc. Senior Research Scientist Los Gatos, CA $630000 H-1B Aug 5, 2020
Netflix, Inc. Senior Research Scientist Los Gatos, CA $630000 H-1B Oct 31, 2019
THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH POSTDOCTORAL ENGINEER SILVER SPRING, MD $630000 H-1B Nov 14, 2013
QUANDX.INC RESEARCH SCIENTIST MENLO PARK, CA $630000 H-1B Jan 9, 2014
UNITED GENETICS SEEDS COMPANY BREEDER - MELON HOLLISTER, CA $625752 H-1B Jul 11, 2009
Oregon State University Research Associate Corvallis, OR $624096 H-1B Jul 23, 2021
BYTEDANCE INC. Research Scientist - Foundation Model San Jose, CA $624000 H-1B Mar 30, 2026
Populus Group LLC Data Anaylst III New York, NY $624000 H-1B Dec 18, 2023
Populus Group LLC Data Anaylst III New York, NY $624000 H-1B Dec 18, 2023
Populus Group LLC Data Anaylst III New York, NY $624000 H-1B Dec 18, 2023
Thorne Research Inc. Principal Bioinformatics Scientist Chandler, AZ $624000 H-1B Sep 10, 2020
THORNE RESEARCH, INC. PRINCIPAL BIOINFORMATICS SCIENTIST New York, NY $624000 H-1B Jul 19, 2019
BATTELLE POST DOCTORATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE RICHLAND, WA $624000 H-1B Sep 21, 2009
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP SVP, Global Head, Oncology Franchise Gaithersburg, MD $620837 H-1B Apr 14, 2025
Amazon.com Services LLC Amazon Scholar New York, NY $615500 H-1B May 30, 2025
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC AMAZON SCHOLAR SUNNYVALE, CA $615500 H-1B Jun 13, 2025
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION RESEARCH FELLOW BOSTON, MA $612000 H-1B Nov 15, 2017
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