Research Scientist salary at Meta Platforms, Inc

Based on 474 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $184,374. That is 42% above the $129,917 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $184,374
25th pct: $179,170
75th pct: $214,032
90th pct: $229,806
Filings: 474

How Meta Platforms, Inc compares

Other employers filing Research Scientist

Employers filing Research Scientist, compared with Meta Platforms, Inc
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Meta Platforms, Inc	474	$184,374	—
Google LLC	187	$193,700	+5%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97	$83,350	-55%
NVIDIA Corporation	90	$184,000	-0%
Intel Corporation	44	$144,173	-22%
The University of Virginia	39	$68,300	-63%
ByteDance Inc.	36	$252,300	+37%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	35	$73,500	-60%
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	30	$64,698	-65%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	28	$82,867	-55%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	25	$70,179	-62%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	23	$78,000	-58%
The Ohio State University	23	$77,246	-58%
University of Illinois	17	$68,000	-63%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	16	$177,163	-4%
Purdue University	16	$77,012	-58%
Trustees of Boston University	15	$74,314	-60%
University of Pittsburgh	15	$65,000	-65%
KLA Corporation	14	$160,028	-13%
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	14	$71,200	-61%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	14	$58,150	-68%
Qps, LLC	13	$88,500	-52%
IBM Corporation	12	$212,729	+15%
Netflix Global, LLC	11	$257,421	+40%
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	11	$120,000	-35%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Research Scientist filings at Meta Platforms, Inc
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Menlo Park, CA	$178,006	$134,139	II	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$250,370	$209,082	IV	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$214,178	$171,621	III	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Bellevue, WA	$220,000	$196,914	IV	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Bellevue, WA	$250,603	$250,370	IV	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
New York, NY	$178,928	$147,867	II	H-1B	Sep 16, 2025
New York, NY	$169,442	$147,867	II	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$280,000	$209,082	IV	H-1B	Sep 9, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$183,133	$134,139	II	H-1B	Sep 9, 2025
Georgetown, TX	$192,670	$163,550	IV	H-1B	Sep 8, 2025
New York, NY	$214,032	$160,805	III	H-1B	Sep 5, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$258,524	$209,082	IV	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Sunnyvale, CA	$230,000	$201,094	III	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$196,437	$165,942	IV	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Bellevue, WA	$220,421	$196,914	IV	H-1B	Sep 2, 2025
San Francisco, CA	$179,391	$161,637	II	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
New York, NY	$220,884	$169,541	IV	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$263,803	$209,082	IV	H-1B	Aug 11, 2025
Burlingame, CA	$182,000	$171,621	III	H-1B	Aug 8, 2025
Menlo Park, CA	$189,754	$169,532	—	H-1B	Aug 7, 2025
New York, NY	$228,684	$223,579	IV	H-1B	Aug 7, 2025
Redmond, WA	$258,826	$250,370	IV	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
Seattle, WA	$184,078	$178,006	II	H-1B	Aug 5, 2025
Bellevue, WA	$212,748	$198,327	—	H-1B	Aug 4, 2025
Sunnyvale, CA	$182,000	$152,024	—	H-1B	Jul 25, 2025

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