Applied Scientist H-1B Salary

281 certified H-1B filings list the job title Applied Scientist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $174,304; the middle half of filings fall between $154,000 and $203,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Oracle America, Inc. (55 filings).

281
certified filings
$174,304
Median base salary
$154,000
25th pct
$203,000
75th pct
$240,000
90th pct
$136,400
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
$136,400$174,304 median$240,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026110$193,060
FY202576$184,322
FY202447$165,505
FY202348$155,766

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Seattle, WA41$175,000
San Jose, CA29$178,854
New York, NY19$161,000
San Francisco, CA19$161,000
Palo Alto, CA13$209,500
Redwood Shores, CA10$181,774
Santa Clara, CA10$234,393
Sunnyvale, CA10$196,100
Mountain View, CA9$240,000
Bellevue, WA6$186,728
Cambridge, MA5$170,000
Chicago, IL5$141,000
Redmond, WA5$152,200
Austin, TX4$142,761
Jersey City, NJ4$193,362
San Mateo, CA4$167,400
Fremont, CA3$181,790
Los Angeles, CA3$150,600
Reston, VA3$212,500
Brooklyn, NY2$180,020

Applied Scientist salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Oracle America, Inc.55$174,429
Adobe Inc.39$191,897
Uber Technologies, Inc.27$158,000
Zillow, Inc.18$152,805
Hippocratic AI, Inc10$240,000
Qualtrics, LLC10$184,000
ANUTTACON LLC8$288,000
Wayve Technologies, Inc8$212,500
Microsoft Corporation6$158,540
Amazon.com Services LLC5$200,000
Kensho Technologies LLC5$190,000
Relativity ODA LLC5$141,000
Thumbtack, Inc.5$175,000
Boston Dynamics AI Institute, LLC4$170,000
DocuSign Inc.3$225,000
FLAWLESS AI INC.3$180,000
Gauss Labs Inc.3$148,699
Ripple Labs, Inc.3$164,800
Yelp Inc.3$232,000
AUDIBLE, INC.2$182,300
Auger Inc.2$200,000
Canopy Education Inc.2$201,000
Cognosphere LLC2$282,000
EnChannel Medical, Ltd.2$127,500
Figma, Inc.2$244,000
InnoPeak Technology, Inc.2$148,730
Meta Platforms, Inc2$234,350
Mistral AI, Inc.2$205,000
Red Violet, Inc.2$197,500
Robotics and AI Institute LLC2$187,660
Sairem Corp.2$105,852
Shopsense Inc.2$132,500
Uber Freight US LLC2$167,050
Aitomatic Inc.1$149,294
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence1$182,000
AllSci Corp1$140,000
Atmosphere Technologies, Inc.1$151,000
ByteDance Inc.1$218,800
Charmed AI, Inc.1$128,981
Cognichip1$165,000
Cognichip, Inc.1$165,000
Cortex6, Inc.1$160,000
Datadog, Inc.1$145,000
Delphina, Inc.1$200,000
Envive AI1$141,814
Etsy, Inc.1$176,832
Five9, Inc.1$126,277
Golden Entropy Marketing, Inc.1$175,000
Groundlight, Inc.1$120,000
Haus Analytics, Inc1$150,000

Related job titles

Applied Scientist II $176,400Applied Scientist III $202,100Applied Scientist I $159,182Senior Applied Scientist $190,950Applied Research Scientist $200,446Scientist $100,000Data and Applied Scientist $151,713Data Scientist $119,000Research Scientist $150,000Staff Scientist $76,491

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer