H-1B demand profile: Computer and Information Research Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1221-00, employers filed 11,054 Labor Condition Applications for Computer and Information Research Scientists positions across 1,564 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 98.1% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Computer and Information Research Scientists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Computer and Information Research Scientists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $47,798 at the floor to $982,224 at the ceiling, with an average of $175,601. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Computer and Information Research Scientists. The top sponsor is Amazon.com Services LLC with 2,169 petitions at an average offered wage of $176,374, followed by Meta Platforms, Inc, Google LLC, Amazon Development Center US, Inc. Geographically, CA leads with 4,315 filings (avg $198,969), followed by WA, NY, MA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Computer and Information Research Scientists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.