Visa Wage Index

IBM Corporation: Computer and Information Research Scientists

IBM Corporation made 34 filings for this role, covering 34 positions, and across them committed to pay at least a median of $231,291 a year. 34 of the 34 state a minimum and no maximum, so that median is a median of floors.

By place and level

WhereLevelWage yearFilingsPositions LowestMedianHighestPrevailing
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level II 2025-26 15 15 $186,871 $228,360 $313,843 $147,867
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level II 2025-26 5 5 $205,000 $238,231 $388,298 $143,374
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 5 5 $181,958 $234,580 $276,491 $164,403
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $223,579 $231,291 $239,003 $223,579
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level II 2025-26 1 1 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $90,064
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Level III 2025-26 1 1 $222,820 $222,820 $222,820 $136,906
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level III 2025-26 1 1 $214,981 $214,981 $214,981 $185,723
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level II 2025-26 1 1 $208,560 $208,560 $208,560 $137,176
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level II 2024-25 1 1 $219,014 $219,014 $219,014 $157,581
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level II 2024-25 1 1 $260,631 $260,631 $260,631 $113,693
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level N/A 2023-24 1 1 $247,873 $247,873 $247,873 $239,200

Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.