H-1B Salary Lookup

Staff Research Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

40 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Staff Research Scientist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Computer and Information Research Scientists, Operations Research Analysts, Robotics Engineers.

$217,140Median salary
$169,10025th percentile
$250,03475th percentile
40Filings

Top-paying companies for Staff Research Scientist

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Google4$292,500$283,250 – $300,000
IBM8$242,251$230,830 – $270,219
Boston Dynamics3$220,000$219,650 – $221,260
Mobi Systems3$170,000$170,000 – $195,000
Visa U.S.A.9$169,100$169,100 – $169,100

Companies filing the most Staff Research Scientist H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Visa U.S.A.9$169,100$169,100 – $169,100
IBM8$242,251$230,830 – $270,219
Google4$292,500$283,250 – $300,000
Boston Dynamics3$220,000$219,650 – $221,260
Mobi Systems3$170,000$170,000 – $195,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute2$71,448$71,448 – $71,448
Salesforce2$240,460$232,960 – $247,960
The J. David Gladstone Institutes2$140,213$140,213 – $140,213
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub1$241,000$241,000 – $241,000
Epsilon Data Management1$152,800$152,800 – $152,800
Hippocratic AI1$300,000$300,000 – $300,000
Pindrop Security1$175,000$175,000 – $175,000
Shockwave Medical1$167,077$167,077 – $167,077
Snowflake1$250,370$250,370 – $250,370
Upstart Network1$199,500$199,500 – $199,500

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Foster City, CA7$169,100
San Francisco, CA6$189,130
Yorktown Heights, NY5$249,922
Mountain View, CA3$300,000
Waltham, MA3$220,000
Somerville, MA3$170,000
Baltimore, MD2$71,448
San Jose, CA2$255,536
Durham, NC1$222,820
Cambridge, MA1$278,000
Secaucus, NJ1$175,000
Bellevue, WA1$250,370
Austin, TX1$152,200
Atlanta, GA1$143,700
Palo Alto, CA1$300,000

Wage levels

Level I8% · 3
Level II45% · 18
Level III20% · 8
Level IV28% · 11

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