H-1B Salary Lookup

Senior Research Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

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

$120,000Median salary
$89,59825th percentile
$199,04975th percentile
239Filings

Top-paying companies for Senior Research Scientist

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
MBZUAI Labs USA5$440,000$420,000 – $450,000
IBM3$300,000$285,336 – $306,922
Google7$236,000$234,500 – $252,000
Nvidia32$201,094$192,000 – $214,178
IonQ Quantum3$155,000$140,000 – $155,000
The Broad Institute4$131,890$123,000 – $142,356
Adesis5$128,095$127,472 – $135,013
Robert Bosch4$127,712$127,712 – $137,034
Trustees of Boston University3$120,226$113,573 – $123,456
NYU Grossman School of Medicine8$95,500$85,000 – $109,255
Research Foundation for the State University of New York5$90,000$90,000 – $95,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center10$89,962$82,670 – $91,897
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center23$88,000$85,000 – $95,000
University of Pittsburgh4$82,340$80,000 – $88,723
UT Southwestern Medical Center7$77,250$76,626 – $81,315
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School8$73,912$72,727 – $75,141

Companies filing the most Senior Research Scientist H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Nvidia32$201,094$192,000 – $214,178
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center23$88,000$85,000 – $95,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center10$89,962$82,670 – $91,897
NYU Grossman School of Medicine8$95,500$85,000 – $109,255
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School8$73,912$72,727 – $75,141
Google7$236,000$234,500 – $252,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center7$77,250$76,626 – $81,315
Adesis5$128,095$127,472 – $135,013
MBZUAI Labs USA5$440,000$420,000 – $450,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York5$90,000$90,000 – $95,000
Robert Bosch4$127,712$127,712 – $137,034
The Broad Institute4$131,890$123,000 – $142,356
University of Pittsburgh4$82,340$80,000 – $88,723
IBM3$300,000$285,336 – $306,922
IonQ Quantum3$155,000$140,000 – $155,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY42$95,000
Santa Clara, CA21$201,094
Houston, TX14$89,864
Cambridge, MA10$143,932
Boston, MA9$125,000
Sunnyvale, CA9$380,000
Worcester, MA8$73,912
Seattle, WA7$214,178
Dallas, TX7$77,250
Stony Brook, NY5$90,000
Palo Alto, CA5$244,167
Pittsburgh, PA4$82,340
San Jose, CA4$196,547
College Station, TX4$102,614
New Castle, DE4$127,784

Wage levels

Level I14% · 32
Level II38% · 86
Level III32% · 72
Level IV17% · 38

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