Search Engineer salaries
1,352 H-1B & PERM records for "Search Engineer", 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.1352
Results Found
$118208
Average Salary
$38986
Minimum
$564000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES | Principal Research Engineer | SAN JOSE, CA | $157477 - $178700 | Green Card | May 27, 2016 |
| Xambala Management LLC | Senior Research Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $157477 - $175000 | Green Card | Mar 30, 2016 |
| SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. | Senior Compiler Research Engineer | San Jose, CA | $157291 | Green Card | Aug 8, 2022 |
| DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. | Senior Research Engineer - Video Processing | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $157117 | Green Card | Aug 28, 2017 |
| HP INC. | Research Engineer | PALO ALTO, CA | $156850 - $173990 | Green Card | Jun 26, 2018 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $156800 - $176800 | Green Card | Jan 29, 2021 |
| OATH HOLDINGS INC. | Research Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $156560 | Green Card | Dec 16, 2020 |
| Scale AI, Inc. | Machine Learning Research Engineer | $156000 - $176000 | Green Card | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| Mix Tech, Inc. | Senior Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $156000 | Green Card | Feb 17, 2017 |
| EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | Polymer Process Research Engineer | IRVING, TX | $155750 | Green Card | Oct 3, 2016 |
| ZILLOW, INC. | Senior Search Engineer | SEATTLE, WA | $155500 - $191800 | Green Card | Jul 27, 2016 |
| EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY | Research Engineer | SPRING, TX | $155500 | Green Card | Dec 15, 2016 |
| TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | Research Engineer | Los Altos, CA | $155000 | Green Card | Nov 13, 2022 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Engineer | $154840 - $194000 | Green Card | Jun 19, 2024 | |
| ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Sr. 3D Research Engineer | San Jose, CA | $154670 - $167000 | Green Card | Feb 12, 2020 |
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | Research Engineer | San Jose, CA | $154669 - $165000 | Green Card | Jun 25, 2020 |
| NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | Senior Research Engineer | Burlington, MA | $154009 | Green Card | Jun 27, 2022 |
| OATH HOLDINGS INC. | Research Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $153941 | Green Card | Dec 15, 2020 |
| SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. | Senior Research Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $153280 | Green Card | Jun 2, 2021 |
| GALOIS, INC. | Programming Languages Software Research Engineer | Arlington, VA | $153029 | Green Card | Sep 19, 2022 |
| Automattic Inc | Sr. Research Engineer | Elmhurst, NY | $153000 | Green Card | Mar 26, 2021 |
| APPLE INC. | Computer Vision Research Engineer | CUPERTINO, CA | $152900 - $187200 | Green Card | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Starkey Laboratories, Inc. | Senior Signal Processing Research Engineer II | Eden Prairie, MN | $152681 | H-1B | Jun 11, 2024 |
| Harman International Industries, Inc. | Senior Audio DSP Research Engineer | $152591 | Green Card | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Data Scientist/Research Engineer, Sr. | San Francisco, CA | $152560 - $167816 | Green Card | Jan 3, 2023 |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Computer Scientist (Principal Research Engineer) | SAN RAFAEL, CA | $152250 | Green Card | Apr 4, 2016 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Software Development Engineer II - Ad Platform Se… | REDMOND, WA | $151436 - $171436 | Green Card | Jun 30, 2014 |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Malware Research Engineer | SANTA CLARA, CA | $151423 | Green Card | Feb 25, 2016 |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Principal Research Engineer | SAN RAFAEL, CA | $151174 - $157536 | Green Card | Oct 20, 2017 |
| HORIZON ROBOTICS INC. | Research Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $151008 | Green Card | May 6, 2022 |
| HORIZON ROBOTICS INC. | Research Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $151008 | Green Card | Apr 14, 2022 |
| HORIZON ROBOTICS INC. | Research Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $151008 | Green Card | Jun 15, 2022 |
| HORIZON ROBOTICS INC. | Research Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $151008 | Green Card | Jun 7, 2022 |
| HORIZON ROBOTICS INC. | Research Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $151008 | Green Card | Apr 19, 2022 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | HAPTICS RESEARCH ENGINEER | REDMOND, WA | $150540 | H-1B | Mar 31, 2021 |
| OATH HOLDINGS INC. | Research Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $150329 | Green Card | Dec 20, 2020 |
| HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | Research Engineer | PALO ALTO, CA | $150001 - $179818 | Green Card | Aug 11, 2015 |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| Center for Applied Rationality | Research Engineer | $150000 - $250000 | Green Card | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Nov 4, 2024 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Oct 15, 2024 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Nov 21, 2023 | |
| PlusAI, Inc. | Research Engineer | $150000 - $190000 | Green Card | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| Abacus.AI, Inc. | Operations Research Engineering Lead | $150000 - $250000 | Green Card | May 31, 2024 | |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Dec 18, 2023 | |
| FETCH REWARDS, INC. | Computer Vision Research Engineer | Madison, WI | $150000 - $250000 | Green Card | Mar 8, 2023 |
| CITADEL AMERICAS SERVICES LLC | Quantitative Research Engineer | Chicago, IL | $150000 - $225000 | Green Card | Nov 17, 2022 |
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