H-1B Salary Lookup

Research Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

390 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Research Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Computer and Information Research Scientists, Software Developers, Robotics Engineers.

$188,000Median salary
$125,36225th percentile
$232,00075th percentile
390Filings

Top-paying companies for Research Engineer

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Mistral AI4$311,000$278,750 – $316,500
Character Technologies3$300,000$277,500 – $310,000
ByteDance3$272,000$272,000 – $306,000
IBM3$256,995$248,498 – $361,478
Citadel Securities Americas Services4$250,000$231,250 – $262,500
Resolve AI22$240,000$240,000 – $240,000
Skild AI7$240,000$232,500 – $262,500
Google66$222,000$197,000 – $238,750
Meta Platforms66$210,886$190,000 – $232,435
Helm.ai3$200,000$200,000 – $220,000
Datology AI3$200,000$200,000 – $225,000
Netflix5$187,741$178,006 – $237,786
HeyGen Technology3$184,558$184,288 – $184,558
Matic Robots12$184,000$166,566 – $200,000
Luma AI9$170,000$170,000 – $191,922
Toyota Research Institute3$170,000$170,000 – $195,000
Lyquor Labs3$170,000$170,000 – $170,000
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence3$153,000$153,000 – $162,750
Honda Research Institute USA3$152,300$152,300 – $152,300
Realta Fusion3$147,000$147,000 – $147,000
Field AI3$135,000$135,000 – $135,000
Anthropic, PBC3$133,702$129,615 – $136,074
Ford Motor Company8$125,362$125,362 – $144,628
Rheem Manufacturing Company4$118,841$99,334 – $130,437
The Leland Stanford, Jr University10$118,000$114,919 – $130,250

Companies filing the most Research Engineer H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Google66$222,000$197,000 – $238,750
Meta Platforms66$210,886$190,000 – $232,435
Resolve AI22$240,000$240,000 – $240,000
Georgia Institute of Technology17$88,546$77,123 – $95,000
Matic Robots12$184,000$166,566 – $200,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University10$118,000$114,919 – $130,250
Luma AI9$170,000$170,000 – $191,922
Ford Motor Company8$125,362$125,362 – $144,628
Skild AI7$240,000$232,500 – $262,500
Netflix5$187,741$178,006 – $237,786
The University of Kansas5$86,050$85,571 – $86,050
AIVA Global4$110,000$110,000 – $110,000
Citadel Securities Americas Services4$250,000$231,250 – $262,500
Mistral AI4$311,000$278,750 – $316,500
Rheem Manufacturing Company4$118,841$99,334 – $130,437

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Mountain View, CA62$209,250
San Francisco, CA41$240,000
Menlo Park, CA34$223,456
New York, NY20$202,500
Atlanta, GA16$88,273
Pittsburgh, PA15$135,000
Palo Alto, CA14$177,500
Redwood City, CA14$200,000
San Jose, CA11$238,000
Seattle, WA10$162,750
Burlingame, CA10$189,600
Stanford, CA9$118,000
Bellevue, WA8$204,996
Dearborn, MI7$125,362
San Mateo, CA7$240,000

Wage levels

Level I18% · 67
Level II43% · 158
Level III25% · 91
Level IV15% · 54

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).