SponsorWage

Computer and Information Research Scientists visa sponsorship salary

Across 4,004 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 15-1221, the median wage for Computer and Information Research Scientists is $181,080. The middle half falls between $156,000 and $209,525; the top decile begins at $245,000.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Applied Scientist II, Applied Scientist III, Quantitative Analyst and others.

Median
$181,080
25th pct
$156,000
75th pct
$209,525
90th pct
$245,000
Filings
4,004

Who sponsors Computer and Information Research Scientists

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Computer and Information Research Scientists, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Amazon.com Services LLC811$165,000$177,300$196,153
Meta Platforms, Inc501$179,391$184,287$214,032
Google LLC264$184,000$196,000$220,715
Amazon Development Center U.s., INC.120$157,511$175,786$188,625
NVIDIA Corporation109$160,000$184,997$224,682
Amazon Web Services, INC.84$165,000$176,500$192,250
ByteDance Inc.58$227,000$276,000$330,000
Adobe Inc.58$195,000$195,000$207,900
IBM Corporation44$215,144$232,121$250,880
Microsoft Corporation44$160,879$189,660$215,353
Intel Corporation44$128,738$144,173$178,328
Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)38$113,394$133,075$153,402
OpenAI OpCo, LLC31$275,000$360,000$402,500
JPMorgan Chase & Co.22$170,000$172,250$196,000
TikTok Inc.20$176,571$208,320$233,445
X.ai LLC19$250,000$275,000$325,000
Salesforce, Inc.19$224,135$247,216$270,550
Oracle America, Inc.19$170,723$183,414$198,617
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC18$184,560$199,970$213,312
UChicago Argonne LLC18$74,092$90,063$90,063
Samsung Research America, Inc.16$147,285$191,922$191,922
eBay Inc.16$172,238$187,582$206,660
Anthropic, PBC15$250,000$315,000$340,000
Spotify USA, INC.15$190,115$210,000$267,965
ServiceNow, Inc.14$129,496$157,769$198,801
SRI International13$148,242$179,819$204,630
Two Sigma Investments, Lp12$218,750$235,000$245,000
KLA Corporation12$119,479$142,791$173,881
Brookhaven National Laboratory12$98,086$117,500$128,868
Netflix Global, LLC11$227,282$257,421$257,421
InnoPeak Technology, Inc.11$150,623$191,922$191,922
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.11$167,821$189,720$200,487
Capital One Services, LLC11$166,991$178,400$195,261
Visa U.S.A. Inc.11$139,800$155,300$172,360
Massachusetts Institute of Technology11$110,000$110,947$112,288
University of Michigan11$67,500$70,000$72,000
Mistral AI, Inc.10$260,000$280,000$322,500
Anuttacon LLC10$276,000$280,000$424,560
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence10$220,038$240,330$257,504
Zoom Communications, Inc.10$180,000$191,922$216,492
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory10$106,743$166,452$177,936
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.10$129,371$151,066$169,424
Vanderbilt University10$84,271$123,208$146,924
The Trustees of Princeton University10$100,000$105,000$113,000
Waymo LLC9$185,000$225,000$235,000
Apple Inc.9$143,894$189,746$222,443
Georgia Institute of Technology9$75,000$80,000$90,000
A9.com LLC8$187,949$213,741$224,682
Amazon Advertising LLC8$190,700$192,600$213,150
Tencent America LLC8$187,500$191,000$205,616
At&t Services, INC.8$181,155$190,000$197,918
Triad National Security, LLC8$149,155$162,011$173,037
Johns Hopkins University8$77,504$91,000$103,820
University of Illinois8$85,728$86,597$92,673
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University8$73,263$78,500$108,679
The University of Southern California8$59,421$60,965$71,804
Mongodb, INC.7$214,713$280,000$300,000
Scale AI, Inc.7$215,000$260,000$290,000
PayPal, Inc.7$207,274$224,682$227,432
Luma AI, Inc.7$170,000$191,922$191,922

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Computer and Information Research Scientists filings and median wage by state
StateFilingsMedian
California1,686$195,000
Washington722$176,571
New York498$184,000
Massachusetts166$168,000
Texas162$139,100
Illinois104$122,450
New Jersey77$161,600
Virginia69$156,600
Tennessee57$130,000
Pennsylvania57$160,000
Georgia54$132,111
Michigan38$113,118
North Carolina37$135,346
Oregon37$130,458
Maryland28$131,560

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 15-1221
Job titleFilingsMedian
Applied Scientist II664$176,400
Applied Scientist III211$206,400
Quantitative Analyst167$150,000
Applied Scientist I128$160,000
Research Assistant111$53,531
Machine Learning Scientist72$158,750
Postdoctoral Appointee51$70,758
Computer Vision Engineer49$151,091
Research Sciences40$192,897
Staff Research Scientist39$237,653
Research Scientist/engineer38$195,000
Ai Research Scientist30$207,467
Amazon Scholar23$219,440
Senior Ux Researcher20$125,544
Senior Robotics Engineer17$150,000
Member of Technical Staff (research Engineer)16$310,000
Applied Research Scientist15$193,000
Member of the Technical Staff15$221,000
Scientist 314$162,518
Ai Research Engineer13$185,000
Manager Iii, Applied Science13$210,800
Computer and Information Research Scientist13$115,586
Quantitative Software Developer12$175,000
Machine Learning Engineer III12$142,500
Principal, Applied Scientist11$245,565
Research Scientist (computer Scientist)11$208,084
Research Associate 110$54,715
Assistant Computational Scientist9$90,063
Member of Technical Staff (research Scientist)9$380,000
Vice President, Ai Research Lead9$196,000
Applied Researcher 19$173,000
Staff Researcher9$170,000
Senior Applied Research Scientist8$175,786
Computer Scientist8$119,057
Research Scientist, Systems Ml - Sw/hw Co-design7$182,000
Advanced Computer Scientist6$147,379
Principal Researcher6$160,000
R&d Software Engineer6$182,127
Senior Applied Scientist II6$214,600
Senior Manager, Applied Science6$231,570
Principal Ai Engineer6$191,550
Senior Manager It Audit5$131,800
Researcher II5$75,500
Machine Learning Research Scientist5$200,000
Chief Scientist5$159,182
Generative Ai Developer4$111,134
Researcher/scientist IV4$77,429
Senior Customer Support Engineer4$141,250
Research Staff 2 Computational Science4$120,000
Principal Ml Engineer4$310,000
Member of Technical Staff (research & Ai Systems)4$380,000
Assistant Computer Scientist4$90,063
Data Scientist (senior Data Scientist)4$81,557
Associate, Quantitative Research4$155,000
Application Performance Engineer4$109,961
Principal Engineering Technologist4$182,464
Gis Engineer4$89,794
Member of Research Staff4$202,000
Senior Associate Researcher4$98,500
Ai Scientist II4$201,000

The DOL publishes new filings quarterly. One email per release, nothing else.

SOC 15-1221 is the federal occupation code the employer assigned to these filings. It is chosen by the employer and reviewed by the Department of Labor, so it is more consistent than the free-text job title — but two companies can still classify similar work differently. Where a title looks misplaced, the wage level usually explains more of the gap than the code does.