Research Engineer, H-1B salary
What 2,640 H-1B filings report for “Research Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Research Engineer?
$116k median H-1B base salary for a Research Engineer, typically $69k to $218k, across 2,640 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $167k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington131$167k+$51k
- 2California1,176$150k+$34k
- 3New York189$136k+$20k
- 4Pennsylvania105$123k+$7k
- 5Florida32$97k−$19k
- 6New Jersey32$95k−$21k
- 7Massachusetts144$92k−$24k
- 8Maryland30$90k−$26k
- 9Texas148$88k−$28k
- 10Ohio49$85k−$31k
- 11Michigan196$81k−$35k
- 12Kansas29$79k−$37k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $116kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Research Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Research Engineer roles are Meta, Google, Stanford University, Ford, and Southwest Research Institute, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Research Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Meta314 filings$191k
- 2Google154 filings$200k
- 3Stanford University124 filings$110k
- 4Ford121 filings$88k
- 5Southwest Research Institute62 filings$88k
- 6Saint-Gobain48 filings$90k
- 7HP33 filings$132k
- 8Resolve AI32 filings$240k
- 9Hewlett Packard Enterprise31 filings$155k
- 10ByteDance29 filings$150k
- 11Honda Research Institute28 filings$120k
- 12California Institute of Technology27 filings$84k
- 13Matic Robots26 filings$171k
- 14University of Kansas25 filings$79k
- 15TuSimple25 filings$110k
- 16Genex Systems23 filings$78k
- 17Massachusetts Institute of Technology22 filings$100k
- 18University of Illinois22 filings$74k
- 19IBM22 filings$138k
- 20Somnio Global21 filings$68k
- 21Helm.ai20 filings$168k
- 22Citadel18 filings$213k
- 23Character Technologies18 filings$308k
- 24Rheem18 filings$91k
- 25General Electric17 filings$116k
- 26NYU Langone Health16 filings$117k
- 27Netflix16 filings$238k
- 28University of North Dakota16 filings$74k
- 29Bosch15 filings$143k
- 30Vicarious15 filings$125k
- 31Samsung14 filings$119k
- 32Cisco14 filings$119k
- 33Luma AI12 filings$181k
- 34Tensor Auto12 filings$100k
- 35Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence12 filings$153k
- 36Skild AI12 filings$213k
- 37Shell12 filings$124k
- 38Yahoo12 filings$122k
- 39Michigan Technological University11 filings$62k
- 40InnoPeak Technology11 filings$158k
- 41Zoox11 filings$145k
- 42Salesforce11 filings$158k
- 43Newracom11 filings$90k
- 44Anthropic9 filings$215k
- 45Massachusetts General Hospital9 filings$57k
- 46Purdue University9 filings$75k
- 47ClarkWestern Dietrich Building Systems9 filings$76k
- 48ExxonMobil9 filings$118k
- 49Houzz8 filings$138k
- 50Vanderbilt University8 filings$74k
Related titles in this family
7,350 filings carry “Research Engineer” in the title, across 1,031 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Research Engineer659 filings$120k
- 2Research Engineer II276 filings$90k
- 3Machine Learning Research Engineer212 filings$175k
- 4Operations Research Engineer137 filings$80k
- 5Research Engineer I131 filings$82k
- 6Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III106 filings$68k
- 7Research Engineer III80 filings$110k
- 8Associate Research Engineer74 filings$80k
- 9Niar Research Engineer74 filings$70k
- 10Sr. Research Engineer68 filings$143k
- 11AI Research Engineer64 filings$149k
- 12Staff Research Engineer56 filings$175k
Figures are for the exact title “Research Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.