Salaries / Computer and Information Research Scientists / San Jose
Computer and Information Research Scientists salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 1,370 certified H-1B applications for computer and information research scientists in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 175 employers.
The middle half of offers were $183,500 to $238,500 a year, with a median of $204,000: 9% above the national median for this job ($188,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (51% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $141,336 at Level I and $178,755 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 13% | $141,336 |
| Level II (qualified) | 51% | $178,755 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $216,195 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 15% | $253,614 |
Who sponsors computer and information research scientists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 207 | $222,000 | — |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 206 | $201,000 | — |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 90 | $168,000 | 6 |
| Adobe Inc. | 86 | $191,000 | 14 |
| ByteDance Inc. | 74 | $321,000 | 6 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 61 | $214,000 | 18 |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 56 | $197,000 | — |
| Microsoft Corporation | 48 | $205,000 | 11 |
| Mistral AI, Inc. | 36 | $280,000 | — |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 20 | $187,500 | — |
| Hippocratic AI, Inc | 20 | $240,000 | — |
| Tencent America LLC | 19 | $220,000 | — |
| TikTok Inc. | 16 | $215,500 | — |
| MBZUAI Labs USA Inc. | 14 | $335,000 | — |
| Capital One Services, LLC | 12 | $201,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Scientist, Applied Scientist Ii, Applied Scientist Iii, Research Engineer, Applied Scientist I, Member Of Technical Staff, Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Sciences.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.