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: 7

How The University of Southern California compares

Other employers filing Research Scientist

Employers filing Research Scientist, compared with The University of Southern California
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

Certified Research Scientist filings at The University of Southern California
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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