Research Scientist II H-1B salaries

481 labor condition applications from 75 employers in FY2024–FY2026 · occupation Computer and Information Research Scientists

$112,941median salary

$83,59825th percentile

$160,00075th percentile

476certified LCAs

Employers sponsoring Research Scientist II jobs

Employer	LCAs	Median	Range
Amazon.com Services LLC	131	$164,300	$79,560 – $212,800
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	38	$62,500	$54,500 – $85,000
Georgia Institute of Technology	37	$77,195	$55,349 – $115,000
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.	31	$89,024	$64,584 – $101,816
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	30	$160,000	$77,147 – $185,000
The Broad Institute, Inc.	22	$114,652	$90,000 – $126,045
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	14	$161,100	$118,220 – $202,700
Health Research Inc.	11	$82,179	$75,533 – $87,760
Colorado State University	11	$85,689	$50,500 – $97,000
Basis Research Institute	9	$160,000	$150,000 – $185,723
Boston Dynamics AI Institute, LLC	8	$186,358	$180,000 – $197,600
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.	8	$102,000	$100,000 – $106,995
Chewy, Inc.	8	$146,275	$118,200 – $163,000
Max Planck Florida Corporation	7	$84,000	$78,744 – $86,040
The University of Texas at Dallas	7	$73,195	$68,786 – $101,270
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	6	$71,500	$64,015 – $92,000
The University of Alabama in Huntsville	5	$89,147	$76,500 – $89,250
Heath Research Inc	4	$82,638	$75,533 – $87,351
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	4	$69,100	$61,000 – $75,000
Seattle Children's Hospital	4	$64,936	$63,166 – $69,243
Georgia State University	4	$87,000	$78,000 – $87,600
University of New Mexico	4	$56,472	$53,269 – $59,738
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	4	$97,500	$95,000 – $104,901
Charles River Laboratories Ashland, LLC	3	$113,190	$113,000 – $121,659
Rakuten USA, Inc.	3	$164,815	$163,574 – $164,815
University of New Hampshire	3	$63,240	$62,000 – $82,000
Nanosyn, Inc.	2	$89,658	$88,026 – $91,291
Mim Software Inc.	2	$136,300
Alegre USA, LLC	2	$128,433	$117,500 – $139,366
Element Materials Technology Santa Clara Inc.	2	$100,828	$99,655 – $102,000
Diagnostic Consulting Network, LLC	2	$102,617	$96,533 – $108,701
Helmerich & Payne Management, LLC	2	$102,232
Dataminr, Inc.	2	$197,480	$175,000 – $219,960
Pindrop Security, Inc.	2	$135,000	$120,000 – $150,000
Exact Sciences Corporation	2	$97,406
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	2	$100,738	$94,347 – $107,129
A9.com LLC	2	$181,341	$168,200 – $194,482
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	2	$93,340	$92,622 – $94,058
Kelly Services, Inc.	2	$109,158
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	2	$77,000	$76,000 – $78,000
Axon Enterprise, Inc.	2	$144,750	$139,500 – $150,000
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	2	$139,312	$128,625 – $150,000
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$145,000
Elinor Coatings, LLC	1	$98,684
Clinical Outcomes Solutions, LLC	1	$92,700
Attentive Science, LLC	1	$90,000
Metrum Research Group Inc.	1	$174,537
Biodiscovery, LLC	1	$100,730
Versiti Blood Health, Inc.	1	$68,182
ProMab Biotechnologies, Inc.	1	$112,882

Salaries by city

Cambridge, MA 60 · $106,000
Seattle, WA 43 · $152,214
Atlanta, GA 40 · $78,000
Bellevue, WA 39 · $162,500
Ames, IA 38 · $62,500
New York, NY 30 · $175,000
Pasadena, CA 27 · $160,000
Sunnyvale, CA 17 · $169,600
Albany, NY 13 · $83,581
Fort Collins, CO 10 · $84,844
Santa Clara, CA 9 · $169,000
Boston, MA 8 · $165,700
Arlington, VA 8 · $138,300
Richardson, TX 8 · $74,758
Jupiter, FL 7 · $84,000
San Diego, CA 7 · $110,136
San Francisco, CA 5 · $179,837
Skokie, IL 5 · $102,000
Huntsville, AL 5 · $89,147
Menands, NY 5 · $80,367
Milwaukee, WI 4 · $75,047
Rapid City, SD 4 · $69,100
Albuquerque, NM 4 · $56,472
New Orleans, LA 4 · $77,786
Austin, TX 3 · $163,574
El Paso, TX 3 · $160,200
Houston, TX 3 · $102,148
North Reading, MA 3 · $165,000
Chicago, IL 3 · $162,200
Emeryville, CA 3 · $89,024

Related job titles

Job title	LCAs	Median salary
Research Scientist	5,780	$147,867
Applied Scientist II	1,961	$177,700
Research Engineer	899	$175,000
Applied Scientist III	601	$201,630
Applied Scientist I	306	$160,000
Applied Scientist	248	$178,977
Senior Research Engineer	176	$128,150
Research Scientist III	158	$121,420
Research Scientist/Engineer	141	$195,000
AI Research Scientist	120	$217,528
Staff Research Scientist	115	$214,593
Senior Researcher	112	$143,000
AI Scientist	92	$245,000
Computer and Information Research Scientist	59	$142,210
AI Researcher	57	$212,300

Questions and answers

What is the H-1B salary for a Research Scientist II?

The median salary on certified H-1B LCAs for Research Scientist II is $112,941; the middle half of offers ranges from $83,598 to $160,000 (476 certified filings).

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for Research Scientist II jobs?

The largest sponsors are Amazon.com Services LLC, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc..