Research Scientist salary at Southwest Research Institute

Based on 4 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $95,000. That is 27% below the $129,917 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $95,000
25th pct: $94,789
75th pct: $95,000
90th pct: $95,000
Filings: 4

How Southwest Research Institute compares

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Meta Platforms, Inc	474	$184,374	+94%
Google LLC	187	$193,700	+104%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97	$83,350	-12%
NVIDIA Corporation	90	$184,000	+94%
Intel Corporation	44	$144,173	+52%
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ByteDance Inc.	36	$252,300	+166%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	35	$73,500	-23%
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	30	$64,698	-32%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	28	$82,867	-13%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	25	$70,179	-26%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	23	$78,000	-18%
The Ohio State University	23	$77,246	-19%
University of Illinois	17	$68,000	-28%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	16	$177,163	+86%
Purdue University	16	$77,012	-19%
Trustees of Boston University	15	$74,314	-22%
University of Pittsburgh	15	$65,000	-32%
KLA Corporation	14	$160,028	+68%
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	14	$71,200	-25%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	14	$58,150	-39%
Qps, LLC	13	$88,500	-7%
IBM Corporation	12	$212,729	+124%
Netflix Global, LLC	11	$257,421	+171%
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	11	$120,000	+26%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Research Scientist filings at Southwest Research Institute
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
San Antonio, TX	$94,155	$64,376	II	H-1B	Sep 30, 2025
Boulder, CO	$95,000	$81,099	II	H-1B	Feb 7, 2025
Boulder, CO	$95,000	$63,232	I	H-1B	Jan 31, 2025
Boulder, CO	$95,000	$63,232	I	H-1B	Dec 27, 2024

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