Research Scientist salary at Vanderbilt University

Based on 3 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $133,000. That is 2% above the $129,917 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $133,000
25th pct: $111,500
75th pct: $142,283
90th pct: $147,853
Filings: 3

How Vanderbilt University compares

Other employers filing Research Scientist

Employers filing Research Scientist, compared with Vanderbilt University
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Meta Platforms, Inc	474	$184,374	+39%
Google LLC	187	$193,700	+46%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97	$83,350	-37%
NVIDIA Corporation	90	$184,000	+38%
Intel Corporation	44	$144,173	+8%
The University of Virginia	39	$68,300	-49%
ByteDance Inc.	36	$252,300	+90%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	35	$73,500	-45%
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	30	$64,698	-51%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	28	$82,867	-38%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	25	$70,179	-47%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	23	$78,000	-41%
The Ohio State University	23	$77,246	-42%
University of Illinois	17	$68,000	-49%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	16	$177,163	+33%
Purdue University	16	$77,012	-42%
Trustees of Boston University	15	$74,314	-44%
University of Pittsburgh	15	$65,000	-51%
KLA Corporation	14	$160,028	+20%
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	14	$71,200	-46%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	14	$58,150	-56%
Qps, LLC	13	$88,500	-33%
IBM Corporation	12	$212,729	+60%
Netflix Global, LLC	11	$257,421	+94%
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	11	$120,000	-10%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Research Scientist filings at Vanderbilt University
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Nashville, TN	$151,566	$117,894	IV	H-1B	Sep 23, 2025
Nashville, TN	$133,000	$98,925	III	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
Nashville, TN	$90,000	$76,045	II	H-1B	Jun 20, 2025

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