H-1B Salary Lookup

Researcher H-1B Salary by Company

128 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Researcher" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Computer and Information Research Scientists, Biochemists and Biophysicists.

$75,350Median salary
$64,11525th percentile
$115,27475th percentile
128Filings

Top-paying companies for Researcher

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Waymo7$215,000$207,000 – $250,000
NEC Laboratories America5$164,403$152,672 – $196,123
General Motors3$119,548$116,699 – $119,577
Cognizance Technologies3$113,000$104,000 – $113,000
Global Energy Monitor4$76,960$75,920 – $77,480
University of Wisconsin System8$71,922$65,507 – $76,866
The Pennsylvania State University13$68,004$67,500 – $70,064
The Ohio State University22$64,600$58,648 – $75,110
The University of Alabama at Birmingham9$62,571$59,886 – $66,000
University of Louisville3$61,083$58,908 – $62,842
University of Nebraska Medical Center3$53,352$53,352 – $66,676
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital6$53,269$50,757 – $53,269

Companies filing the most Researcher H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
The Ohio State University22$64,600$58,648 – $75,110
The Pennsylvania State University13$68,004$67,500 – $70,064
The University of Alabama at Birmingham9$62,571$59,886 – $66,000
University of Wisconsin System8$71,922$65,507 – $76,866
Waymo7$215,000$207,000 – $250,000
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital6$53,269$50,757 – $53,269
NEC Laboratories America5$164,403$152,672 – $196,123
Global Energy Monitor4$76,960$75,920 – $77,480
Cognizance Technologies3$113,000$104,000 – $113,000
General Motors3$119,548$116,699 – $119,577
University of Louisville3$61,083$58,908 – $62,842
University of Nebraska Medical Center3$53,352$53,352 – $66,676
Akzo Nobel Coatings2$113,370$101,685 – $125,054
ByteDance2$172,856$150,284 – $195,428
Fourth Floor Productions2$67,000$67,000 – $67,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Columbus, OH22$64,600
Hershey, PA12$68,004
Birmingham, AL9$62,571
Madison, WI8$71,922
Memphis, TN7$53,269
New York, NY5$215,000
Omaha, NE4$55,676
San Jose, CA4$191,202
Boston, MA3$86,520
Silver Spring, MD3$113,000
Mountain View, CA3$250,000
Louisville, KY3$61,083
Princeton, NJ3$152,672
Warren, MI2$116,699
Seattle, WA2$105,450

Wage levels

Level I50% · 61
Level II28% · 34
Level III13% · 16
Level IV9% · 11

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