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Research Scientist in Mountain View, CA

Job title · Mountain View, California

Job title as filed
Research Scientist
City
Mountain View, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
439
Median offered wage
$197,000
Most common occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists
Median wage$197,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Research Scientist" and a worksite in Mountain View.

Applications by fiscal year

65130FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
65130FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202256
FY202366
FY202477
FY2025110
FY2026*130
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
20
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Google LLC351
  2. Waymo LLC36
  3. Bytedance Inc.10
  4. Otter.ai, Inc.6
  5. Artizen, Inc.5
  6. JD Finance America Corporation5
  7. Megagon Labs Inc.3
  8. Utopai Studios, Inc.3
  9. Granica Computing, Inc.3
  10. Mineral Earth Sciences LLC3
  11. The Ohio State University2
  12. Yahoo Holdings Inc.2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $197,000; middle half $184,000 to $222,000 · median prevailing wage $164,403 (marker) · 431 applications.

$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I29
  2. Level II211
  3. Level III44
  4. Level IV29
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Research Scientist" appears on 9,242 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 822 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $118,398, so the median in Mountain View is 66.4% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
9,242
Employers nationwide
822
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$118,398
Share of national filings in Mountain View
4.8%
Cities with the most applications for Research Scientist
  1. Menlo Park, CA956
  2. New York City, NY729
  3. Cambridge, MA652
  4. Mountain View, CA439
  5. Bellevue, WA344
  6. Boston, MA305
  7. Houston, TX301
  8. Seattle, WA273
  9. Sunnyvale, CA248
  10. Santa Clara, CA202
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Mountain View job market

Mountain View has 32,943 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,870 job titles and 1,462 employers; "Research Scientist" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.3% of them.

Applications in Mountain View, all job titles
32,943
Job titles filed
6,870
Rank of Research Scientist in Mountain View
4
Median offered wage in Mountain View, all job titles
$178,755
National median wage, Computer and Information Research Scientists (all job titles)
$170,000
Other job titles in Mountain View
  1. Software Engineer11,923
  2. Senior Software Engineer942
  3. Software Engineering913
  4. Staff Software Engineer419
  5. Product Manager418
  6. Data Scientist415
  7. Technical Program Manager372
  8. Silicon Engineer250
  9. Program Manager210
  10. Hardware Engineer205
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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