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
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$126525
Average Salary
$28170
Minimum
$564000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic, PBC | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 - $500000 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Chaincode Labs Inc. | Head of Research | $215000 - $250000 | Green Card | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| PDT PARTNERS, LLC | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $215000 | Green Card | Jul 13, 2021 |
| ASAPP, INC. | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $215000 | Green Card | Sep 30, 2021 |
| LYFT INC | Research Scientist | Seattle, WA | $215000 | Green Card | Apr 22, 2020 |
| ITERABLE, INC. | Staff Machine Learning Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 | Green Card | Apr 21, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | RESEARCH SCIENTIST | Redmond, WA | $215000 | H-1B | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Chewy Inc | Staff Research Scientist | $214800 | Green Card | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist Manager | MENLO PARK, CA | $214638 - $234638 | Green Card | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $214471 - $240240 | Green Card | Dec 5, 2024 | |
| Facebook, Inc. | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $213852 | H-1B | Aug 27, 2021 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | MENLO PARK, CA | $213774 - $233774 | Green Card | Aug 14, 2018 |
| APPLE INC. | Software Development Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $213702 - $272400 | Green Card | Jan 12, 2022 |
| KLA Corporation | Research Scientist | Milpitas, CA | $213675 | H-1B | Aug 15, 2022 |
| Apptopia, Inc. | Senior Director of Data Research | $213512 | Green Card | Jun 16, 2025 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Hardware Systems Foundation Engineer | $213291 - $231110 | Green Card | Dec 5, 2024 | |
| A MEDIUM CORPORATION DBA MEDIUM | Staff Applied Research Scientist - Machine Learni… | San Francisco, CA | $213000 | Green Card | Apr 13, 2022 |
| ByteDance Inc. | Lead Software Engineer of Cloud Storage, Infra.**… | $212800 - $389500 | Green Card | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| ByteDance Inc. | Lead Software Engineer of Cloud Storage, Infra.**… | $212800 - $389500 | Green Card | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| Collaborative Robotics, Inc. | AI Research Engineer | Seattle, WA | $212000 - $232000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| VESPARUM CAPITAL LLC | CHIEF SCIENTIST | BERKELEY, CA | $212000 | H-1B | Nov 9, 2022 |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. | Senior Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $211680 | Green Card | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | AI Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $211584 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Applied Sciences | $211058 - $241058 | Green Card | Apr 25, 2025 | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Manager III, Applied Science | Seattle, WA | $211058 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Adobe Inc. | Senior Computer Scientist | $211000 - $226000 | Green Card | Feb 20, 2024 | |
| SOJERN INC | Sr. Applied Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $211000 | Green Card | Apr 19, 2023 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Applied Scientist III | Palo Alto, CA | $210540 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Asana, Inc. | Data Scientist | Brooklyn, NY | $210320 - $267680 | H-1B | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $210255 - $240240 | Green Card | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| Anyon Computing Inc. | Research Scientist | Emeryville, CA | $210002 | H-1B | Jan 12, 2023 |
| AlphaSense, Inc. | Senior AI Research Engineer | $210000 - $232000 | Green Card | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | Post-Training Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $210000 - $285000 | H-1B | Apr 16, 2026 |
| AlphaSense, Inc. | Senior AI Research Engineer | $210000 - $232000 | Green Card | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| Block, Inc. | Lead UX Researcher, Payments | $210000 - $243000 | Green Card | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | Post-Training Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $210000 - $285000 | H-1B | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Duolingo, Inc. | AI Research Engineer | $210000 - $215000 | Green Card | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| Deep Health, Inc. | Principal Research Scientist | Cambridge, MA | $210000 | H-1B | Mar 14, 2024 |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $210000 | Green Card | Apr 7, 2023 |
| DOORDASH INC. | Operations Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $210000 | Green Card | Apr 7, 2022 |
| GRAMMARLY, INC. | Applied Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $210000 | Green Card | May 11, 2022 |
| Coveo Software Corp. | Director of Artificial Intelligence | New York, NY, NY | $210000 | Green Card | Oct 5, 2020 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Scientist | MENLO PARK, CA | $210000 - $230000 | Green Card | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $209720 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Engineer | $209720 - $235000 | Green Card | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $209720 - $235000 | Green Card | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $209720 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 19, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $209720 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 19, 2024 | |
| Model Evaluation and Threat Research, I… | Research Lead - Evaluation Execution | $209181 | Green Card | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $209084 - $229084 | Green Card | Oct 21, 2022 |
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