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37,066 H-1B & PERM records for "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.

37066

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$114065

Average Salary

$6727

Minimum

$564000

Maximum

Active filters: Job: scientist
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
ContextLogic Inc., dba Wish Staff Machine Learning Engineer $246400 - $283360 Green Card Apr 11, 2024
Discovery Communications, LLC Staff Data Scientist $244400 - $249000 Green Card Oct 1, 2024
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC Sr. Director, Physician Proctor IRVINE, CA $244358 Green Card Jun 29, 2016
KEMIA, INC. MEDICAL SCIENTISTS SAN DIEGO, CA $244281 Green Card 2008
Wayfair LLC Associate Director $244200 - $254200 Green Card Nov 21, 2023
Microsoft Corporation Data and Applied Scientist $244098 - $274098 Green Card May 23, 2024
Salesforce, Inc. Lead Member of Technical Staff San Francisco, CA $244000 Green Card Oct 27, 2022
BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS Global Clinical Leader WHIPPANY, NJ $243225 Green Card Jun 24, 2015
BLOOMBERG L.P. Data Scientist New York, NY $243000 - $253000 Green Card Jan 13, 2023
BILL MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION Sr. Program Officer - R&D Animal Production Seattle, WA $242946 Green Card Aug 6, 2021
IBM Corporation Research Scientist $242879 - $289200 Green Card May 3, 2024
BeOne Medicines USA, Inc. Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Aldie, VA $242720 H-1B Dec 30, 2025
BeOne Medicines USA, Inc. Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Aldie, VA $242720 H-1B Dec 16, 2025
Uber Technologies, Inc. Data Scientist Manager (6809077) $242500 - $281000 Green Card Nov 21, 2024
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical … Research Professor Cincinnati, OH $242445 H-1B Aug 17, 2023
UPSTART NETWORK, INC. Principal Research Scientist San Mateo, CA $242000 Green Card May 19, 2022
Discord Inc. Staff Data Scientist $241955 Green Card Oct 18, 2024
GOOGLE INC. RESEARCH ENGINEER MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA $241880 H-1B Jun 4, 2013
SPOTIFY USA, INC. Data Science Manager - Content Analytics, Podcast… New York, NY $241750 H-1B Apr 25, 2025
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Al and Machine Learning Engineer IV $241334 - $276500 Green Card Jan 31, 2025
Microsoft Corporation Applied Sciences Berkeley, CA $241235 H-1B Dec 6, 2023
Microsoft Corporation Applied Sciences Berkeley, CA $241235 H-1B Jan 4, 2024
BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS Global Medical Affairs Physician Oncology WHIPPANY, NJ $240555 Green Card Nov 11, 2016
Adobe Inc. Machine Learning Engineer $240000 - $255000 Green Card May 30, 2025
Chime Financial, Inc. Senior Data Scientist $240000 - $260000 Green Card Jun 6, 2025
Google LLC Staff Research Engineer Cambridge, MA $240000 H-1B Apr 21, 2025
Machinify, Inc. Staff Data Scientist (ME009) $240000 - $247000 Green Card Sep 20, 2023
Tenyx, Inc. Vice President of Research and Development $240000 Green Card Aug 30, 2023
Reddit, Inc. Senior Data Scientist, Machine Learning $240000 - $267100 Green Card Apr 26, 2024
Chime Financial, Inc. Senior Software Engineer $240000 - $270000 Green Card Aug 4, 2023
X.AI LLC Member of Technical Staff Palo Alto, CA $240000 H-1B Jun 12, 2025
Cequence Security, Inc. Data Scientist $240000 - $250000 Green Card Sep 13, 2023
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC Staff Software Engineer, Perception, Autonomy $240000 - $241000 Green Card Apr 19, 2024
Microsoft Corporation Data Science $240000 - $270000 Green Card May 7, 2024
EBAY INC. Senior Applied Researcher San Jose, CA $240000 Green Card Jan 5, 2023
VERKADA Computer Vision Engineer-CV San Mateo, CA $240000 Green Card Dec 12, 2022
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Director, WW HEOR Hematology – Multiple Myeloma Lawrenceville, NJ $240000 H-1B Jun 26, 2024
Chevron Corporation Technical Assurance Geophysicist - Subsurface Haz… Houston, TX $240000 H-1B Aug 15, 2024
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Director, WW HEOR Hematology - Multiple Myeloma Lawrenceville, NJ $240000 H-1B Jun 27, 2024
CRUISE LLC Sr. Machine Learning Engineer San Francisco, CA $240000 - $260000 Green Card Dec 13, 2022
BREX, INC. Data Scientist San Francisco, CA $240000 Green Card Jun 7, 2021
NUTONOMY INC Senior Research Scientist Boston, MA $240000 Green Card Feb 12, 2020
Microsoft Corporation Researcher Redmond, WA $240000 H-1B Jul 22, 2020
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, LLC Geoscience Advisor - Modeling OKLAHOMA CITY, OK $240000 Green Card Dec 13, 2017
DOCUSIGN, INC. Sr Manager, Analytics San Francisco, CA $239580 - $254100 Green Card May 25, 2023
Pinterest, Inc. Sr. Machine Learning Engineer $239500 - $292128 Green Card Oct 17, 2024
SPLUNK Principal Applied Scientist San Francisco, CA $239382 - $259382 Green Card Apr 3, 2023
NVIDIA Corporation Research Scientist $239200 - $253000 Green Card Feb 11, 2025
NVIDIA Corporation Research Scientist $239200 - $333500 Green Card Aug 23, 2024
NVIDIA Corporation Research Scientist $239200 - $287500 Green Card Nov 18, 2024
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This data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's public disclosure files for H-1B (temporary work visa) and green card (PERM labor certification) applications.

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