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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $224682 - $299000 | H-1B | Jun 4, 2025 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Senior Applied Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $224682 - $287500 | H-1B | Aug 26, 2024 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $224197 - $240240 | Green Card | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| GENENTECH INC. | Principal Digital Health Software Scientist (Plat… | South San Francisco, CA | $223704 | Green Card | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Relativity ODA LLC | R&D Engineer | $223500 | Green Card | Nov 16, 2023 | |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Vulnerability Researcher | Santa Clara, CA | $222843 - $255000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Facebook, Inc. | UX Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $222000 | H-1B | Oct 29, 2021 |
| IBM Corporation | Research Scientist | $221312 - $289200 | Green Card | Jul 7, 2024 | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. Research Scientist | $220460 - $245000 | Green Card | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. Research Scientist | $220460 - $245000 | Green Card | Jan 26, 2024 | |
| Intel Corporation | Research Scientist | $220459 - $322320 | Green Card | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| Salesforce, Inc. | Senior Manager Applied Research | $220459 - $253632 | Green Card | Feb 21, 2024 | |
| Samsung Research America, Inc. | Staff Engineer I, Research | $220459 - $240459 | Green Card | Aug 29, 2023 | |
| INTEL CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220459 - $278870 | Green Card | Feb 8, 2023 |
| INTEL CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220459 - $278870 | Green Card | Feb 13, 2023 |
| INTEL CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220459 - $278870 | Green Card | Feb 13, 2023 |
| INTEL CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220459 - $278870 | Green Card | Feb 12, 2023 |
| INTEL CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220459 - $278870 | Green Card | Feb 13, 2023 |
| Qylur Intelligent Systems, Inc | Lead Algorithm Research Scientist | SUNNYVALE, CA | $220459 - $250000 | H-1B | Jan 11, 2023 |
| INTEL CORPORATION | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220459 - $278870 | Green Card | Jan 19, 2023 |
| InnoPeak Technology, Inc. | Staff Research Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $220459 - $260665 | H-1B | Jul 22, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Data Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $220200 - $230200 | Green Card | Jan 8, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist Manager | Menlo Park, CA | $220180 - $240180 | Green Card | Jun 24, 2020 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist Manager | Menlo Park, CA | $220180 - $240180 | Green Card | May 14, 2020 |
| IBM Corporation | Research Scientist - Quantum | San Jose, CA | $220000 | H-1B | Nov 27, 2023 |
| Mobi Systems, Inc. | Staff Research Scientist | Somerville, MA | $220000 | H-1B | May 4, 2026 |
| Bot Auto TX Inc. | Research Scientists – Motion Planning and Predict… | $220000 | Green Card | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| Tenyx, Inc. | Research Scientist | $220000 | Green Card | Jul 10, 2023 | |
| Yutori, Inc | Member of Technical Staff | San Francisco, CA | $220000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC. | APPLIED SCIENTIST III | SEATTLE, WA | $220000 | H-1B | Jan 4, 2024 |
| ORACLE AMERICA, INC. | Data Scientist (Applied Scientist) | Seattle, WA | $220000 - $256000 | Green Card | Apr 28, 2023 |
| COURSE HERO, INC. | Senior Machine Learning Engineer | Redwood City, CA | $220000 | Green Card | Apr 7, 2022 |
| AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC. | APPLIED SCIENTIST III | SEATTLE, WA | $220000 | H-1B | Aug 16, 2022 |
| AISense Inc. | Staff Speech Scientist | Los Altos, CA | $220000 | H-1B | Apr 28, 2020 |
| AISense Inc. | Staff Speech Scientist | Los Altos, CA | $220000 | H-1B | May 11, 2020 |
| The Vanguard Group | Advice Principal Data Scientist | Malvern, PA | $220000 | H-1B | Nov 19, 2019 |
| The Vanguard Group | Advice Principal Data Scientist | Malvern, PA | $220000 | H-1B | Nov 15, 2019 |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | RESEARCH SCIENTIST MANAGER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $220000 | H-1B | Jun 29, 2020 |
| AISense Inc. | Staff Speech Scientist | Los Altos, CA | $220000 | H-1B | May 11, 2020 |
| GOOGLE INC. | Computer and Information Research Scientists | Mountain View, CA | $219900 | Green Card | 2013 |
| SMARTNEWS INTERNATIONAL INC | Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $218500 | Green Card | Jun 16, 2022 |
| EBAY INC. | Applied Researcher 3 | San Jose, CA | $218133 | Green Card | May 4, 2022 |
| EBAY INC. | Applied Researcher 3 | San Jose, CA | $218133 | Green Card | May 4, 2022 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. Research Scientist | $217000 - $299000 | Green Card | May 19, 2025 | |
| TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | Research Engineer | Cambridge, MA | $216320 | Green Card | Apr 18, 2023 |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Scientific Software Architect, Data Platforms | SAN RAFAEL, CA | $216000 - $237600 | Green Card | May 29, 2018 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Engineer | Pittsburgh, PA | $215600 - $235600 | Green Card | Dec 14, 2022 |
| AUTOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Staff Research Scientist | San Jose, CA | $215250 | Green Card | May 1, 2020 |
| Anthropic, PBC | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 - $500000 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Anthropic, PBC | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 - $500000 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2025 |
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