Research Engineer salaries
1,312 H-1B & PERM records for "Research 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.1312
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$117937
Average Salary
$38986
Minimum
$564000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recursive Superintelligence Inc. | Senior AI Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $564000 | H-1B | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Tools for Humanity Corporation | Senior Staff Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $400000 | H-1B | May 6, 2026 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer) | San Francisco, CA | $380000 | H-1B | May 12, 2025 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer) | $370000 - $450000 | Green Card | Nov 21, 2023 | |
| Google LLC | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $337000 | H-1B | Apr 13, 2026 |
| D. E. Shaw Research, LLC | Research Engineer and Member of Technical Staff | New York, NY | $316000 | Green Card | Jun 13, 2016 |
| Mendel Health Inc. | Lead Clinical AI Research Engineer | $295194 - $300000 | Green Card | Mar 13, 2024 | |
| NETFLIX | Senior Research Engineer | LOS GATOS, CA | $280000 | Green Card | Jul 10, 2014 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Research Engineering Manager | New York, NY | $276678 | H-1B | 2025 |
| CRUISE LLC | Staff Software Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $276000 - $296000 | Green Card | May 26, 2022 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $269149 | H-1B | 2025 |
| BDG MEDIA INC. | Vice President, Research Engineering | New York, NY | $267671 | H-1B | Jan 20, 2021 |
| Waymo LLC | Research Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $260000 | H-1B | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Google LLC | Research Engineer | Seattle, WA | $250000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Character Technologies, Inc. | Research Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $250000 | H-1B | Jun 19, 2024 |
| D. E. Shaw Research, LLC | Research Engineer/Member of Technical Staff | New York, NY | $250000 | Green Card | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Engineer | $249863 - $278000 | Green Card | Jun 21, 2024 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Research Engineering Manager | New York, NY | $249737 | H-1B | May 3, 2023 |
| Aquatic Group | Research Engineer | $245000 - $255000 | Green Card | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| GOOGLE INC. | RESEARCH ENGINEER | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $241880 | H-1B | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Google LLC | Staff Research Engineer | Cambridge, MA | $240000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Netflix, Inc. | Research Engineer | $239200 - $720000 | Green Card | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $239120 - $259120 | Green Card | Oct 21, 2022 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Research Engineering Manager | Menlo Park, CA | $231660 - $251660 | Green Card | May 28, 2021 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Engineer | Redmond, WA | $230760 - $250760 | Green Card | Oct 10, 2022 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Engineer | Redmond, WA | $227360 - $247360 | Green Card | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Voyage Auto Inc | Senior Research Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Jan 17, 2020 |
| Gemini Space Station, LLC | Staff Research Engineer, Superlunar | Brooklyn, NY | $222000 | H-1B | Sep 30, 2023 |
| Gemini Space Station, LLC | Staff Research Engineer, Superlunar | New York, NY | $222000 | H-1B | Sep 29, 2023 |
| InnoPeak Technology, Inc. | Staff Research Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $220459 - $260665 | H-1B | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Aquatic Group | Research Engineer | $220000 - $230000 | Green Card | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| APPLE INC. | Machine Learning Research Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $219200 - $236900 | Green Card | Mar 22, 2022 |
| ROBERT BOSCH LLC | Lead Research Engineer-Automated Driving | Sunnyvale, CA | $218000 | Green Card | Jun 6, 2022 |
| TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | Research Engineer | Cambridge, MA | $216320 | Green Card | Apr 18, 2023 |
| GOOGLE INC. | Research Engineer | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $216000 | Green Card | Mar 7, 2016 |
| Imperva Inc. | Principal Security Research Engineer | $215850 | Green Card | Jan 30, 2025 | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Research Engineer | Pittsburgh, PA | $215600 - $235600 | Green Card | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 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 |
| Anthropic, PBC | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 - $500000 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2025 |
| PDT PARTNERS, LLC | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $215000 | Green Card | Nov 29, 2022 |
| ASAPP, INC. | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $215000 | Green Card | Sep 30, 2021 |
| SCALE AI | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 | Green Card | Dec 11, 2020 |
| PDT PARTNERS, LLC | Research Engineer | New York, NY | $215000 | Green Card | Jul 13, 2021 |
| Calibra, Inc. | Research Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $215000 - $235000 | Green Card | May 13, 2020 |
| Facebook, Inc. | Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $213852 | H-1B | Aug 27, 2021 |
| Together Computer, Inc. | Staff Systems Research Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $213512 - $360000 | H-1B | May 8, 2026 |
| SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. | Research Engineer | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $212750 | Green Card | Sep 16, 2021 |
| Collaborative Robotics, Inc. | AI Research Engineer | Seattle, WA | $212000 - $232000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Research Engineer | Pittsburgh, PA | $211584 | H-1B | 2025 |
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