Research Scientist salary at The University of Southern California

Based on 7 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $117,042. That is 10% below the $129,917 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$117,042

25th pct

$111,239

75th pct

$120,000

90th pct

$120,000

Filings

$103,120$120,000

How The University of Southern California compares

Other employers filing Research Scientist

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Meta Platforms, Inc	474	$184,374	+58%
Google LLC	187	$193,700	+65%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97	$83,350	-29%
NVIDIA Corporation	90	$184,000	+57%
Intel Corporation	44	$144,173	+23%
The University of Virginia	39	$68,300	-42%
ByteDance Inc.	36	$252,300	+116%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	35	$73,500	-37%
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	30	$64,698	-45%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	28	$82,867	-29%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	25	$70,179	-40%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	23	$78,000	-33%
The Ohio State University	23	$77,246	-34%
University of Illinois	17	$68,000	-42%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	16	$177,163	+51%
Purdue University	16	$77,012	-34%
Trustees of Boston University	15	$74,314	-37%
University of Pittsburgh	15	$65,000	-44%
KLA Corporation	14	$160,028	+37%
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	14	$71,200	-39%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	14	$58,150	-50%
Qps, LLC	13	$88,500	-24%
IBM Corporation	12	$212,729	+82%
Netflix Global, LLC	11	$257,421	+120%
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	11	$120,000	+3%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Los Angeles, CA	$120,000	$111,925	III	H-1B	Jul 22, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$120,000	$117,042	III	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$117,042	$117,042	III	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$117,042	$117,042	III	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
Irvine, CA	$120,000	$117,042	III	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$105,435	$105,435	II	H-1B	Jan 27, 2025
Los Angeles, CA	$103,120	$88,878	I	H-1B	Jan 24, 2025

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