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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Audio Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $200598 - $220598 | Green Card | Jun 9, 2021 |
| Nokia of America Corporation | Senior Researcher | Murray Hill, NJ | $200454 | H-1B | Sep 20, 2022 |
| HRT Research LLC | Associate Algorithm Researcher | $200000 | Green Card | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Applied Scientist II | NEW YORK, NY | $200000 | H-1B | Jun 14, 2026 |
| Timaeus Research Inc. | Research Director | Berkeley, CA | $200000 - $350000 | H-1B | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Bot Auto TX Inc. | Research Engineers – Perception | $200000 | Green Card | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | Post-Training Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $200000 - $300000 | H-1B | May 15, 2026 |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | Post-Training Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $200000 - $350000 | H-1B | Jun 10, 2026 |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | Machine Learning Researcher (11525.2976) | $200000 - $220000 | Green Card | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| Anheuser-Busch, LLC | Principal Scientist, Applied Research | $200000 - $249000 | Green Card | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| Afiniti, Inc. | Senior Staff Research Scientist | $200000 - $215600 | Green Card | Jan 5, 2024 | |
| Goertek Electronics, Inc. | Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Applied Scientist II | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 | H-1B | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Applied Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Oii, Inc. | Vice President of Research and Development | Oakland, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Collaborative Robotics, Inc. | AI Research Scientist | Seattle, WA | $200000 - $230000 | H-1B | Aug 27, 2024 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Nov 22, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Jul 26, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Jul 25, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Jul 26, 2022 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Research Engineer, Computer Graphics | Mountain View, CA | $200000 | Green Card | May 26, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | May 12, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Jul 26, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Stylitics, Inc. | Lead Machine Learning Engineer | New York, NY | $200000 | H-1B | Jan 26, 2023 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | May 18, 2022 |
| APPLE INC. | Software Development Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $200000 - $236900 | Green Card | Jul 12, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Research Scientist | Santa Clara, CA | $200000 - $260000 | Green Card | Jul 26, 2022 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer - Ads core | Mountain View, CA | $200000 - $205000 | Green Card | Dec 7, 2021 |
| Kelvin Inc. | Senior Director Data Science Architecture | San Francisco, CA | $200000 - $215000 | H-1B | Oct 21, 2021 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Machine Learning Engineer - Ads core | Mountain View, CA | $200000 - $205000 | Green Card | Nov 17, 2021 |
| CARBON HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Head of Data Science | San Francisco, CA | $200000 - $210000 | Green Card | Nov 25, 2020 |
| VOXELCLOUD | Research Scientist | LOS ANGELES, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Nov 4, 2019 |
| Concentric Advisors | Research Scientist | Fremont, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Toyota Research Institute Inc | Research Scientist | Los Altos, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Mar 9, 2021 |
| JD.COM AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | STAFF RESEARCH SCIENTIST | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Jan 30, 2020 |
| NETFLIX | Research Scientist - Video Encoding | Los Gatos, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Nov 5, 2019 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Perception Research Scientist | Redmond, WA | $200000 | H-1B | Nov 22, 2019 |
| AIRBNB, INC. | Data Scientist | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $200000 | Green Card | Jul 2, 2019 |
| OATH HOLDINGS INC. | Sr. Software Engineer | San Jose, CA | $199388 | Green Card | Jul 8, 2022 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $198940 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $198940 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist, Optical System Design | $198940 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 21, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $198940 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 17, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Scientist | $198940 - $235000 | Green Card | Jun 19, 2024 | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | Sunnyvale, CA | $198940 - $218940 | Green Card | Jan 6, 2023 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $198940 - $218940 | Green Card | Dec 30, 2022 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Scientist | Menlo Park, CA | $198940 - $218940 | Green Card | Nov 3, 2022 |
| Adobe Inc. | Software Development Engineer | San Jose, CA | $198900 | Green Card | Mar 9, 2020 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $198900 | H-1B | Aug 28, 2013 |
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