Senior Research Scientist visa sponsorship salary

Across 232 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Senior Research Scientist is $100,000. The middle half of filings fall between $85,000 and $167,000, and the top decile begins at $229,807. Classified under SOC 19-1022.00 (Microbiologists).

Median

$100,000

25th pct

$85,000

75th pct

$167,000

90th pct

$229,807

Filings

232

$46,530$290,000

Who pays what for Senior Research Scientist

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	30	$85,000	$85,000	$85,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	15	$82,535	$86,000	$89,864
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	10	$73,320	$78,398	$84,575
UT Southwestern Medical Center	9	$70,000	$77,250	$80,000
IBM Corporation	7	$245,749	$250,880	$276,454
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	7	$100,610	$126,788	$133,250
Google LLC	6	$218,750	$230,500	$283,500
Adesis, Inc.	6	$128,097	$134,602	$134,940
Trustees of Boston University	6	$97,500	$105,960	$106,920
NVIDIA Corporation	5	$220,000	$224,000	$224,682
University of Pittsburgh	5	$75,000	$80,000	$80,340
Salesforce, Inc.	4	$265,941	$274,386	$282,672
Databricks, Inc.	3	$212,337	$223,579	$234,572
Upstart Network, Inc.	3	$171,600	$176,200	$188,100
Pindrop Security, Inc.	3	$166,000	$167,000	$167,000
UII America, Inc.	3	$161,291	$165,000	$165,000
SunHydrogen, Inc.	3	$108,118	$108,118	$111,436
University of Texas Medical Branch	3	$91,495	$100,000	$100,000
Georgia Institute of Technology	3	$86,039	$86,821	$86,821
General Hospital Corporation	3	$77,137	$84,573	$92,287
The University of Texas at Austin	2	$243,000	$243,000	$243,000
Meta Platforms, Inc	2	$216,916	$219,801	$222,685
FANUC America Corporation	2	$201,536	$202,014	$202,493
Avalere Health US Inc.	2	$170,568	$170,568	$170,568
Meaning.Team, Inc.	2	$169,998	$169,998	$169,998
Coleridge Initiative, Inc.	2	$156,556	$164,414	$172,271
American Air Liquide Inc.	2	$113,878	$116,056	$118,233
United Imaging Healthcare North America, Inc.	2	$113,300	$113,300	$113,300
The Jackson Laboratory	2	$111,488	$111,488	$111,488
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	2	$101,403	$104,597	$107,792
Texas A&M University	2	$78,840	$100,314	$121,788
Max Planck Florida Corporation	2	$92,698	$93,159	$93,621
Northeastern University	2	$89,456	$90,088	$90,719
Lehigh University	2	$83,616	$83,616	$83,616
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	2	$80,500	$81,000	$81,500
Drexel University	2	$66,483	$70,336	$74,189

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Upstart Network, Inc.	Mountain View, CA	$200,000	IV	Sep 30, 2025
Upstart Network, Inc.	Naperville, IL	$167,000	III	Sep 30, 2025
UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	$77,250	I	Sep 30, 2025
Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	$62,630	I	Sep 29, 2025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	$73,000	III	Sep 26, 2025
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Houston, TX	$94,967	II	Sep 26, 2025
Trustees of Boston University	Boston, MA	$106,920	II	Sep 25, 2025
Salesforce, Inc.	Palo Alto, CA	$282,672	III	Sep 24, 2025
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	$73,000	II	Sep 24, 2025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	$85,000	III	Sep 24, 2025
Trustees of Boston University	Boston, MA	$92,000	II	Sep 23, 2025
UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	$70,000	II	Sep 22, 2025
Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	$106,112	II	Sep 22, 2025
SunHydrogen, Inc.	Coralville, IA	$114,754	IV	Sep 22, 2025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	$145,000	IV	Sep 17, 2025
Databricks, Inc.	New York, NY	$223,579	IV	Sep 15, 2025
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	$78,000	II	Sep 9, 2025
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	$72,030	II	Sep 9, 2025
Axon Enterprise, Inc.	Seattle, WA	$237,000	II	Sep 9, 2025
Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	$78,042	II	Aug 28, 2025
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	$91,535	II	Aug 27, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$90,000	II	Aug 27, 2025
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	$80,000	I	Aug 25, 2025
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Houston, TX	$89,728	—	Aug 22, 2025
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Office of International Affairs	Dallas, TX	$69,489	I	Aug 21, 2025

Prevailing wage levels I through IV reflect the experience and responsibility the employer attested to, not seniority titles. A level I filing is an entry-level determination; level IV is fully competent and independent. Comparing across levels explains much of the spread between the 25th and 90th percentile above.