Research Engineer salary at California Institute of Technology

Based on 5 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $92,746. That is 46% below the $171,225 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$92,746

25th pct

$92,746

75th pct

$97,000

90th pct

$104,800

Filings

$91,590$103,381

How California Institute of Technology compares

Other employers filing Research Engineer

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Meta Platforms, Inc	64	$220,000	+137%
Google LLC	37	$196,000	+111%
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	18	$119,000	+28%
Resolve AI, Inc.	16	$240,000	+159%
General Hospital Corporation	7	$58,000	-37%
Citadel Securities Americas Services LLC	6	$255,000	+175%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	6	$104,393	+13%
Skild AI, Inc.	5	$175,008	+89%
Anthropic, PBC	5	$138,445	+49%
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.	5	$126,672	+37%
Ford Motor Company	5	$126,240	+36%
Southwest Research Institute	5	$100,000	+8%
California Institute of Technology	5	$92,746	—
Matic Robots, Inc.	4	$155,000	+67%
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence	4	$144,000	+55%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	4	$62,091	-33%
Michigan Technological University	4	$61,000	-34%
Creatify Lab Inc.	3	$200,000	+116%
Luma AI, Inc.	3	$191,922	+107%
HeyGen Technology Inc.	3	$176,134	+90%
CNH Industrial America LLC	3	$135,000	+46%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	3	$90,395	-3%
ClarkWestern Dietrich Building Systems, LLC	3	$77,256	-17%
University of North Dakota	3	$70,000	-25%
IBM Corporation	2	$313,230	+238%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Big Pine, CA	$110,000	$83,491	II	H-1B	Jul 31, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$92,746	$88,088	II	H-1B	Apr 2, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$92,746	$88,088	II	H-1B	Mar 26, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$97,000	$78,042	I	H-1B	Feb 13, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$91,590	$63,232	I	H-1B	Jan 31, 2025

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