H-1B Project Scientist Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Project Scientist is $77,400, across 307 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$77,400
Average wage
$81,544
90th percentile
$105,292
Certified LCAs
307
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $49,192
- 25th
- $67,000
- Median
- $77,400
- Average
- $81,544
- 90th
- $105,292
- Highest
- $166,100
Based on 306 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
39FY20
34FY21
57FY22
52FY23
52FY24
49FY25
24FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Project Scientist
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| University of California, Los Angeles | 8 | $115,900 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | 2 | $111,253 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE | 10 | $107,700 |
| Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab | 14 | $107,646 |
| Mutch Associates, LLC | 3 | $102,398 |
| University of California, Davis | 5 | $98,300 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 3 | $95,000 |
| Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | 24 | $91,500 |
| Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | 3 | $86,400 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 23 | $82,000 |
| Satelytics Inc. | 5 | $78,000 |
| University of California at Santa Barbara | 53 | $77,400 |
| Theiss Research | 19 | $69,400 |
| The Jackson Laboratory | 9 | $69,160 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 104 | $66,560 |
Salaries by location
Los Angeles, CA · $66,560Santa Barbara, CA · $77,400Menlo Park, CA · $92,500Pittsburgh, PA · $81,072Gaithersburg, MD · $69,400Irvine, CA · $107,700La Jolla, CA · $90,000Perrysburg, OH · $78,000Berkeley, CA · $85,266Bar Harbor, ME · $70,148Davis, CA · $109,250Newton, MA · $96,000Cleveland, OH · $95,000Beverly Hills, CA · $70,886Sacramento, CA · $70,554