H-1B Machine Learning Research Engineer Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Machine Learning Research Engineer is $180,500, across 190 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$180,500
Average wage
$182,893
90th percentile
$225,116
Certified LCAs
190
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $80,850
- 25th
- $156,000
- Median
- $180,500
- Average
- $182,893
- 90th
- $225,116
- Highest
- $380,000
Based on 190 certified base wages, annualized.
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Top H-1B sponsors for Machine Learning Research Engineer
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday Robotics, Inc. | 3 | $375,000 |
| BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, LP | 2 | $210,000 |
| JD Finance America Corporation | 1 | $199,020 |
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4 | $193,600 |
| ADOBE INC. | 1 | $190,000 |
| Optiver Services US LLC | 2 | $187,500 |
| Scale AI, Inc. | 25 | $185,000 |
| Apple Inc. | 126 | $182,336 |
| TWITTER, INC. | 1 | $168,000 |
| Katana Graph, Inc. | 2 | $160,000 |
| Evidium, Inc. | 2 | $157,500 |
| Samsung Research America, Inc. | 3 | $140,000 |
| Qeexo, Co. | 3 | $130,000 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $116,900 |
| EmbodyVR, Inc. | 2 | $112,000 |
Salaries by location
Cupertino, CA · $193,202Seattle, WA · $165,000San Francisco, CA · $185,000Cambridge, MA · $169,146New York, NY · $200,000Mountain View, CA · $199,020Sunnyvale, CA · $204,440Pittsburgh, PA · $115,950San Mateo, CA · $145,500Palo Alto, CA · $141,586Santa Clara, CA · $204,142San Diego, CA · $126,591Boston, MA · $142,500Westport, CT · $210,000South Yarmouth, MA · $250,000