UX Researcher H-1B salary at Google — 191 certified filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 41
- Filings · FY2025
- $169k
- Median base · FY2025
- $149k–$198k
- Middle 50% · FY2025
- +17%
- vs market median · all years
Google filed 41 certified H-1B LCAs for UX Researcher in FY2025, with a median base salary of $169k and the middle 50% of offers between $149k and $198k. Across all years its $164k median is 17% above the $140k market median for UX Researcher. It has filed 191 UX Researcher LCAs since FY2016, most often in Mountain View, CA.
How much does Google pay a UX Researcher?
Certified base salary for UX Researcher at Google by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $169k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
Does Google pay UX Researchers above the market?
Google's all-years median against every employer's certified UX Researcher LCAs — 17% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.
| Base salary for this title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 191 | $164k | |
| All employers · UX Researcher | 533 | $140k |
How has Google's UX Researcher hiring changed by year?
2 certified UX Researcher filings in FY2016 → 21 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 21 | −49% | $180k |
| FY2025 | 41 | +17% | $169k |
| FY2024 | 35 | −26% | $167k |
| FY2023 | 47 | +24% | $161k |
| FY2022 | 38 | +1800% | $160k |
| FY2021 | 2 | 0% | $174k |
| FY2020 | 2 | +100% | $150k |
| FY2018 | 1 | −50% | $125k |
| FY2017 | 2 | 0% | $128k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $105k |
Which wage levels does Google file for UX Researcher?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 36% of Google's UX Researcher filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.
Share of 163 UX Researcher filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I16.0%26
- Level II47.9%78
- Level III29.4%48
- Level IV6.7%11
Where does Google hire H-1B UX Researchers?
Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| California | 114 | $166k |
| New York | 43 | $179k |
| Washington | 21 | $150k |
| Texas | 3 | $147k |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $115k |
| Illinois | 2 | $158k |
| Maryland | 2 | $147k |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $148k |
| City | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 50 | $164k |
| New York, NY | 43 | $179k |
| San Francisco, CA | 27 | $167k |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 24 | $166k |
| Seattle, WA | 14 | $150k |
| Kirkland, WA | 7 | $137k |
| San Bruno, CA | 4 | $150k |
| Madison, WI | 3 | $115k |
Also filed as
Google's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most UX Researcher LCAs. All years.
Other titles at Google
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 27,422 | $170k |
| Program Manager | 883 | $168k |
| Technical Program Manager | 868 | $176k |
| Product Manager | 862 | $190k |
| Research Scientist | 685 | $192k |
| Data Scientist | 522 | $175k |
| Solutions Consultant | 449 | $147k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 348 | $220k |
| Technical Solutions Consultant | 304 | $164k |
| Customer Engineer | 278 | $161k |
Top UX Researcher sponsors
| Employer | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | $130k | |
| Meta Platforms | 57 | $179k |
| Servicenow | 26 | $103k |
| Uber Technologies | 17 | $100k |
| Lyft | 5 | $150k |
| Stripe | 5 | $105k |
| Bayone Solutions | 4 | $115k |
| Roku | 4 | $103k |
| Dollar Shave Club | 4 | $97k |
Common questions about UX Researcher H-1B pay at Google
- How much does Google pay a UX Researcher on an H-1B?
- Google's median certified H-1B base salary for UX Researcher is $169k in FY2025, from 41 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $149k and $198k. Across all years the median is $164k.
- How many UX Researcher H-1B LCAs has Google filed?
- Google has 191 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for UX Researcher on record (FY2016–FY2026), 21 of them in FY2026. That is 0% of its 82,354 certified filings across all titles.
- Does Google pay UX Researchers above the market?
- Google's all-years median of $164k is 17% above the $140k median for UX Researcher across all H-1B employers (533 certified filings).
- Where does Google hire H-1B UX Researchers?
- Google's UX Researcher LCAs name worksites mostly in California, New York, Washington; the top cities are Mountain View, CA, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →