H-1B sponsor data
H-1B sponsors for computer and information research scientists
Employers with certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in occupation 15-1221 (Computer and Information Research Scientists), decided between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 (FY2026 Q3 release).
An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for computer and information research scientists?
867 employers had 5,030 certified H-1B LCAs for computer and information research scientists in the window. The most active were Amazon.com Services LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc and Google LLC. The median offered wage on full-time filings was $188,100 a year. California had the most worksites. An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
| Certified H-1B LCAs | 5,030 |
|---|---|
| Employers filing | 867 |
| Median offered wage (full-time) | $188,100 |
| Middle 50% of offered wages | $164,400 – $220,000 |
| Most common worksite state | California |
Top H-1B sponsors for computer and information research scientists
Employers ranked by certified H-1B LCAs in this occupation.
| Rank | Employer | Certified LCAs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com Services LLC | 1,027 |
| 2 | Meta Platforms, Inc | 736 |
| 3 | Google LLC | 331 |
| 4 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 171 |
| 5 | NVIDIA Corporation | 140 |
| 6 | Adobe Inc. | 107 |
| 7 | ByteDance Inc. | 88 |
| 8 | Microsoft Corporation | 87 |
| 9 | Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 86 |
| 10 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | 40 |
| 11 | Mistral AI, Inc. | 40 |
| 12 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 37 |
| 13 | Intel Corporation | 35 |
| 14 | IBM Corporation | 34 |
| 15 | Capital One Services, LLC | 33 |
| 16 | Tencent America LLC | 33 |
| 17 | Anthropic, PBC | 30 |
| 18 | Oracle America, Inc. | 27 |
| 19 | Netflix, Inc. | 26 |
| 20 | Luma AI, Inc. | 23 |
| 21 | Salesforce, Inc. | 23 |
| 22 | UChicago Argonne, LLC | 21 |
| 23 | Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | 21 |
| 24 | Hippocratic AI, Inc | 20 |
| 25 | Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | 18 |
| 26 | TikTok Inc. | 17 |
| 27 | Waymo LLC | 17 |
| 28 | OpenAI OpCo, LLC | 16 |
| 29 | eBay Inc. | 15 |
| 30 | MBZUAI Labs USA Inc. | 15 |
Median offered wage by level
The prevailing-wage level on each filing, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent), with the median offered wage at that level.
- Level I (entry)$160,000
- Level II (qualified)$186,200
- Level III (experienced)$201,100
- Level IV (fully competent)$240,000
Where the jobs are
State
- California2,562
- Washington804
- New York637
- Massachusetts196
- Texas166
- Pennsylvania79
- New Jersey75
- Illinois70
- Virginia53
- Georgia42
Job titles filed under this occupation
Employers write their own job titles; DOL assigns the occupation code. These are the most common titles.
- Research Scientist1,138
- Applied Scientist II834
- Applied Scientist III228
- Research Engineer140
- Applied Scientist I110
- Member of Technical Staff101
- Machine Learning Engineer75
- Applied Sciences73
- Senior Research Scientist72
- AI Research Scientist71
- Applied Scientist67
- Research Scientist II65
Frequently asked questions
- Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for computer and information research scientists?
- In this window: Amazon.com Services LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc, Google LLC, Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. and NVIDIA Corporation. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.
- What do H-1B computer and information research scientists get paid?
- The median offered wage on full-time filings was $188,100 a year, with the middle half between $164,400 – $220,000. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.
- What is SOC code 15-1221?
- It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Computer and Information Research Scientists. Employers file under their own job titles; the Department of Labor assigns each filing an occupation code, which this page groups by.
Other occupations
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators5,472 certified LCAs
- Physicians, All Other5,366 certified LCAs
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists5,297 certified LCAs
- Database Architects4,625 certified LCAs
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists4,436 certified LCAs
- Project Management Specialists4,110 certified LCAs
- H-1B sponsors
Source and method
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification: LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) disclosure data, FY2026 Q3 release, decisions from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. DOL performance data page
- Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) with case status Certified and visa class H-1B, decided in the 12-month window above. Cases certified and later withdrawn, denied cases and withdrawn cases are listed separately.
- Employers are grouped by their filed legal name after removing punctuation and legal forms such as Inc. or LLC, so related companies that file under different legal names (for example a parent and a subsidiary) appear separately.
- Wages are the lower end of the wage range the employer stated on full-time LCAs, converted to a yearly amount. They are offered wages on a filing, not salary data, and actual pay can differ.
- DOL may revise individual records in later releases. Ruubu republishes the figures after each quarterly release.
This is U.S. government public-domain data credited to the U.S. Department of Labor. Ruubu aggregates it and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Labor.
Data imported October 24, 2026. Source page checked October 24, 2026.
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