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Research Engineer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 837 certified H-1B applications for Research Engineer roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $176,014.

Median salary offered
$176,014
Middle half earn
$115,752 to $222,000
Top 10% earn over
$250,000
Certified filings
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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Meta Platforms, Inc153$216,000$190,000 – $232,000
Google LLC122$201,500$190,500 – $229,750
The Leland Stanford, Jr University40$117,000$111,750 – $125,250
Resolve AI, Inc.32$240,000$240,000 – $240,000
Matic Robots, Inc.22$166,583$160,000 – $186,000
Ford Motor Company19$125,362$112,570 – $126,240
Southwest Research Institute16$95,897$92,932 – $100,000
Character Technologies Inc.13$300,000$275,000 – $320,000
Luma AI, Inc.12$180,961$170,000 – $191,922
Skild AI, Inc.12$212,502$186,252 – $242,500
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.11$134,077$123,344 – $152,300
Netflix, Inc.11$237,786$182,874 – $283,442
Citadel Securities Americas Services LLC10$250,000$235,000 – $290,000
NYU Grossman School of Medicine9$116,600$115,752 – $125,000
The University of Kansas9$85,571$81,600 – $86,050
General Hospital Corporation8$57,558$55,182 – $67,059
ByteDance Inc.7$200,000$174,794 – $272,000
California Institute of Technology7$92,746$92,168 – $96,000
Helm.ai, Inc.6$200,000$188,750 – $215,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology6$90,142$85,000 – $95,285
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence6$153,000$139,500 – $167,625
University of Illinois6$92,677$88,799 – $94,633
HeyGen Technology Inc.6$180,076$176,134 – $184,423
Mistral AI, Inc.5$310,000$195,000 – $312,000
University of North Dakota5$70,000$70,000 – $73,000
Granica Computing, Inc.5$190,000$170,000 – $200,000
Michigan Technological University5$62,000$60,000 – $68,640
IBM Corporation4$210,700$168,480 – $304,184
Vanderbilt University4$76,750$70,625 – $83,250
ClarkWestern Dietrich Building Systems, LLC4$79,152$75,942 – $85,694
CNH Industrial America LLC4$137,350$130,000 – $143,225
Aquatic Group LLC4$245,000$238,750 – $245,000
Anthropic, PBC4$136,074$131,658 – $188,834
UT Southwestern Medical Center4$62,091$55,182 – $72,000
HP Inc.4$144,040$140,566 – $147,300
PlusAI, Inc.4$167,500$144,428 – $185,000
AIVA Global, Inc.4$110,000$110,000 – $110,000
Creatify Lab Inc.3$200,000$200,000 – $225,000
Fauna Robotics Inc.3$125,000$125,000 – $132,500
Field AI, Inc.3$135,000$135,000 – $135,000
InnoPeak Technology, Inc.3$164,403$164,403 – $178,162
Datology AI, Inc.3$200,000$200,000 – $225,000
Comma.ai, Inc.3$115,000$113,630 – $130,750
University of Oregon3$106,590$91,904 – $107,295
Flawless AI Inc3$175,000$167,500 – $180,000
Foundation LLM Technologies, Inc.3$150,000$145,000 – $152,500
Rush University Medical Center3$68,000$67,935 – $72,938
Lyquor Labs, Inc.3$170,000$170,000 – $170,000
Epic Games, Inc.3$289,000$192,839 – $289,000
Decagon AI, Inc.2$375,000$375,000 – $375,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
Mountain View, CA124$199,400$175,000 – $222,000
Menlo Park, CA70$232,000$194,134 – $264,768
San Francisco, CA69$240,000$195,000 – $240,000
New York, NY64$193,000$168,793 – $227,250
Stanford, CA34$118,000$113,880 – $125,000
Palo Alto, CA32$188,461$158,938 – $236,392
Pittsburgh, PA31$154,840$115,000 – $192,668
San Jose, CA23$158,621$142,294 – $255,000
Redmond, WA20$213,889$168,419 – $225,000
Burlingame, CA19$218,400$189,600 – $232,000
Redwood City, CA18$200,000$173,750 – $235,000
Bellevue, WA17$209,993$170,000 – $220,000
Dearborn, MI17$125,362$112,570 – $126,240
San Antonio, TX16$95,897$92,932 – $100,000
Seattle, WA16$172,575$140,000 – $207,512
Cambridge, MA12$95,285$85,000 – $173,000
San Mateo, CA12$212,502$186,252 – $242,500
Boston, MA10$62,088$55,219 – $73,268
Sunnyvale, CA9$189,700$178,360 – $191,922
Miami, FL9$250,000$230,000 – $260,000

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I151$125,000
Level II324$170,570
Level III161$178,263
Level IV129$226,158

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202340$118,646
2024241$153,800
2025307$176,134
2026249$192,668