Senior Research Scientist H-1B Salary

753 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Research Scientist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $107,625; the middle half of filings fall between $83,000 and $167,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (108 filings).

753
certified filings
$107,625
Median base salary
$83,000
25th pct
$167,000
75th pct
$224,000
90th pct
$73,760
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$73,760$107,625 median$224,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026193$127,712
FY2025199$105,000
FY2024177$107,641
FY2023184$90,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY137$85,000
Houston, TX42$85,000
Dallas, TX21$77,000
Boston, MA20$96,000
Worcester, MA20$74,912
Seattle, WA17$206,535
Cambridge, MA16$169,830
Palo Alto, CA16$204,750
Santa Clara, CA16$201,094
Pittsburgh, PA14$85,574
San Jose, CA12$220,156
Atlanta, GA11$155,000
Sunnyvale, CA10$197,093
Mountain View, CA9$224,682
Wilmington, DE9$125,000
Newark, DE7$110,469
Philadelphia, PA7$78,042
Columbus, OH6$80,000
Pasadena, CA6$146,000
San Mateo, CA6$188,100

Senior Research Scientist salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center108$82,000
NVIDIA Corporation44$201,094
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center30$84,194
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School22$74,912
NYU Grossman School of Medicine21$110,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center20$76,318
Google LLC17$231,000
University of Pittsburgh13$84,681
Salesforce, Inc.11$244,167
Adesis, Inc.10$128,348
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY10$106,920
IBM Corporation9$270,671
Upstart Network, Inc.9$176,200
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston7$80,000
General Hospital Corporation6$73,000
MBZUAI Labs USA Inc.6$445,000
Pindrop Security, Inc.6$165,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York6$90,000
Southwest Research Institute6$106,876
American Air Liquide Inc.5$111,700
Brigham and Women's Hospital5$98,000
ROBERT BOSCH LLC5$127,712
SunHydrogen, Inc.5$108,118
Texas A&M AgriLife Research5$90,000
The University of Virginia5$69,500
UIH America, Inc.5$110,000
Databricks, Inc.4$216,790
FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY4$124,020
Georgia Institute of Technology4$86,038
J-Star Research, Inc.4$103,812
Northeastern University4$90,675
QPS, LLC4$102,716
SNAP INC.4$178,432
The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University4$62,500
UII America, Inc.4$164,114
University of Illinois4$99,600
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY4$77,211
Axon Enterprise, Inc.3$237,000
Drexel University3$78,042
FANUC America Corporation3$201,057
Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution Inc.3$75,358
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.3$130,000
Institute for Systems Biology3$81,700
IonQ Quantum, Inc.3$155,000
MONGODB, INC.3$189,592
NORC3$130,000
Phoenix Tailings Inc.3$110,000
Poseida Therapeutics Inc.3$144,200
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital3$68,975
Schlumberger Technology Corporation3$140,010

Related job titles

Research Scientist $150,000Senior Scientist $117,026Senior Data Scientist $151,094Associate Research Scientist $78,155Senior Research Associate $85,938Research Scientist II $118,200Assistant Research Scientist $72,492Senior Research Specialist $99,341Research Scientist I $83,741Postdoctoral Research Scientist $72,100

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer