Applied Scientist II H-1B Salary
2,451 certified H-1B filings list the job title Applied Scientist II (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $176,400; the middle half of filings fall between $160,550 and $190,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Amazon.com Services LLC (1,840 filings).
2,451
certified filings
$176,400
Median base salary
$160,550
25th pct
$190,000
75th pct
$200,600
90th pct
$142,800
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$142,800$176,400 median$200,600
Salary by fiscal year
| Year | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 783 | $180,000 |
| FY2025 | 663 | $176,200 |
| FY2024 | 504 | $175,600 |
| FY2023 | 501 | $160,000 |
Top cities
| City | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | 624 | $166,650 |
| New York, NY | 216 | $184,400 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 203 | $190,000 |
| Bellevue, WA | 190 | $168,000 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 152 | $187,450 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 143 | $190,000 |
| San Diego, CA | 73 | $168,000 |
| San Francisco, CA | 58 | $194,150 |
| Boston, MA | 51 | $170,000 |
| Arlington, VA | 40 | $160,490 |
| Cambridge, MA | 29 | $175,000 |
| North Reading, MA | 25 | $170,000 |
| Pasadena, CA | 25 | $165,000 |
| Irvine, CA | 24 | $172,636 |
| Austin, TX | 20 | $170,500 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 18 | $165,250 |
| East Palo Alto, CA | 16 | $189,450 |
| Cupertino, CA | 13 | $180,000 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 11 | $172,400 |
| Atlanta, GA | 10 | $169,850 |
Applied Scientist II salary by employer
Top 27 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.
| Employer | Filings | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 1,840 | $175,600 |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 316 | $180,000 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 189 | $176,400 |
| A9.com INC | 22 | $182,468 |
| Amazon Advertising LLC | 17 | $175,000 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $149,000 |
| Twitch Interactive, Inc. | 10 | $176,789 |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 7 | $185,000 |
| A9.com LLC | 6 | $187,949 |
| Boston Dynamics AI Institute, LLC | 6 | $176,167 |
| Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. | 4 | $191,900 |
| THE TRADE DESK, INC. | 3 | $151,400 |
| Robotics and AI Institute LLC | 2 | $184,756 |
| Samsara Inc. | 2 | $136,843 |
| UiPath, Inc. | 2 | $181,398 |
| AUDIBLE, INC. | 1 | $172,400 |
| AWS Security Assurances Services LLC | 1 | $177,000 |
| Butlr Technologies Inc. | 1 | $140,000 |
| Capital Group Companies Global | 1 | $241,362 |
| Cruise LLC | 1 | $208,900 |
| Datadog, Inc. | 1 | $183,000 |
| Etsy, Inc. | 1 | $190,000 |
| Katanemo Labs, Inc. | 1 | $176,571 |
| Populus Group LLC | 1 | $176,800 |
| Reality Defender, Inc. | 1 | $148,242 |
| Shipium Corp. | 1 | $165,000 |
| Specright, Inc. | 1 | $158,760 |