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Research Scientist H-1B salary at Intel — 409 certified filings (FY2016–FY2026)

44
Filings · FY2025
$135k
Median base · FY2025
$129k–$178k
Middle 50% · FY2025
+19%
vs market median · all years

Intel filed 44 certified H-1B LCAs for Research Scientist in FY2025, with a median base salary of $135k and the middle 50% of offers between $129k and $178k. Across all years its $131k median is 19% above the $110k market median for Research Scientist. It has filed 409 Research Scientist LCAs since FY2016, most often in Hillsboro, OR.

How much does Intel pay a Research Scientist?

Certified base salary for Research Scientist at Intel by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $135k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

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Does Intel pay Research Scientists above the market?

Intel's all-years median against every employer's certified Research Scientist LCAs — 19% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.

Research Scientist base salary: Intel versus all H-1B employers
Base salary for this titleFilingsMedian
Intel409$131k
All employers · Research Scientist12,917$110k

How has Intel's Research Scientist hiring changed by year?

19 certified Research Scientist filings in FY2016 → 30 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.

Intel certified H-1B Research Scientist filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY202630−32%$157k
FY202544−32%$135k
FY202465+7%$131k
FY202361+15%$138k
FY2022530%$118k
FY202153+104%$116k
FY2020260%$134k
FY201926+100%$135k
FY201813−32%$114k
FY2017190%$100k
FY201619—$100k

Which wage levels does Intel file for Research Scientist?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 64% of Intel's Research Scientist filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

Share of 162 Research Scientist filings with a wage level · all years

20%
16%
56%
  • Level I20.4%33
  • Level II16.0%26
  • Level III56.2%91
  • Level IV7.4%12

Where does Intel hire H-1B Research Scientists?

Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.

Intel Research Scientist H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
Oregon219$129k
California136$147k
Arizona32$130k
Washington6$177k
Texas5$136k
Massachusetts4$178k
Florida2$110k
Missouri2$121k
Intel Research Scientist H-1B worksite cities
CityFilingsMedian base
Hillsboro, OR218$129k
Santa Clara, CA119$147k
Chandler, AZ32$130k
San Diego, CA12$128k
Bellevue, WA5$177k
Austin, TX3$145k
Boxborough, MA3$194k
Los Angeles, CA3$168k

Also filed as

Intel's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Research Scientist LCAs. All years.

Other titles at Intel

Other H-1B job titles sponsored by Intel
Job titleFilingsMedian base
Component Design Engineer5,930$111k
Software Engineer5,159$118k
Process Engineer4,361$103k
Product Engineer1,051$102k
Graphics Hardware Engineer1,007$113k
System Validation Engineer768$104k
Packaging Engineer755$106k
Analog Engineer752$107k
Engineering Manager743$163k
Graphics Software Engineer496$119k

Top Research Scientist sponsors

Top H-1B sponsors for Research Scientist
EmployerFilingsMedian base
Meta Platforms2,093$186k
Facebook890$160k
Google685$192k
Massachusetts Institute of Technology497$78k
Nvidia327$168k
UT Southwestern Medical Center156$62k
Bytedance153$215k
University of Pittsburgh142$60k
The University of Virginia135$67k

Common questions about Research Scientist H-1B pay at Intel

How much does Intel pay a Research Scientist on an H-1B?
Intel's median certified H-1B base salary for Research Scientist is $135k in FY2025, from 44 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $129k and $178k. Across all years the median is $131k.
How many Research Scientist H-1B LCAs has Intel filed?
Intel has 409 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Research Scientist on record (FY2016–FY2026), 30 of them in FY2026. That is 2% of its 27,019 certified filings across all titles.
Does Intel pay Research Scientists above the market?
Intel's all-years median of $131k is 19% above the $110k median for Research Scientist across all H-1B employers (12,917 certified filings).
Where does Intel hire H-1B Research Scientists?
Intel's Research Scientist LCAs name worksites mostly in Oregon, California, Arizona; the top cities are Hillsboro, OR, Santa Clara, CA, Chandler, AZ.
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 →