H-1B Scientist Ii Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Scientist Ii is $100,000, across 780 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$100,000
Average wage
$101,308
90th percentile
$136,180
Certified LCAs
780
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $47,000
- 25th
- $81,724
- Median
- $100,000
- Average
- $101,308
- 90th
- $136,180
- Highest
- $210,000
Based on 779 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
88FY20
92FY21
123FY22
124FY23
138FY24
167FY25
48FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Scientist Ii
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. | 7 | $145,000 |
| Triad National Security, LLC | 15 | $144,000 |
| Metagenomi, Inc. | 8 | $130,000 |
| PROS, INC. | 8 | $128,750 |
| Tessera Therapeutics | 9 | $126,838 |
| California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 32 | $120,016 |
| BioAgilytix Labs, LLC | 7 | $117,523 |
| Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. | 12 | $103,969 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 35 | $100,000 |
| ALLEN INSTITUTE | 41 | $97,000 |
| BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | 8 | $85,032 |
| RICONPHARMA, LLC | 8 | $85,000 |
| The University of Alabama at Birmingham | 15 | $80,000 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 85 | $75,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY | 34 | $59,706 |
Salaries by location
Madison, WI · $75,113Cambridge, MA · $119,215Boston, MA · $103,000Seattle, WA · $97,000Lexington, KY · $59,706Pasadena, CA · $120,016San Diego, CA · $105,711South San Francisco, CA · $127,178Birmingham, AL · $80,500Emeryville, CA · $135,000Los Alamos, NM · $144,000Frederick, MD · $102,107Houston, TX · $127,500Silver Spring, MD · $94,950Cranbury, NJ · $82,000