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PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST H1B Salary Data

FY2015 – FY2025 • 68 employers • Official DOL Data

$141K

Median Salary

158

Total Filings

$115K–$184K

Middle 50%

Employers

P10: $90KP25: $115KMedian: $141KP75: $184KP90: $237K

Top Paying Companies

AUTEL ROBOTICS USA LLC

$300K

2 filings

BYTEDANCE INC.

$300K

3 filings

GENESIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

$275K

1 filings

NVIDIA CORPORATION

$272K

9 filings

KEYSTONE STRATEGY, LLC

$246K

1 filings

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

$226K

3 filings

UPSTART NETWORK, INC.

$221K

3 filings

DEEP HEALTH, INC.

$210K

1 filings

KEYAMED NA INC

$200K

3 filings

NCS PEARSON, INC.

$200K

1 filings

Top Cities

Seattle, WA

$119K

40,639 filings

Bellevue, WA

$138K

9,613 filings

Sunnyvale, CA

$141K

8,138 filings

Santa Clara,, CA

$147K

5,813 filings

New York,, NY

$156K

4,721 filings

Cambridge, MA

$107K

4,664 filings

Austin,, TX

$143K

4,661 filings

Seattle, WASHINGTON

$114K

4,304 filings

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST Salary Trend by Year

FY2015

$90K

5 filings

FY2016

$119K

10 filings

FY2017

$140K

11 filings

FY2018

$142K

4 filings

FY2019

$160K

13 filings

FY2020

$130K

17 filings

FY2021