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User Experience Researchers are strong H-1B visa sponsorship candidates because the role requires a relevant bachelor's degree in psychology, human-computer interaction, or a related field, and employers at major tech firms regularly file LCAs for this specialty occupation. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you make this possible. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to gather insights and create industry-leading products.
You’ll play a critical role in helping your team understand user needs and will drive impact at all stages of product development, ensuring products are useful, usable, and helpful. You will explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research, including: field studies, interviews, diary studies, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. You will also grow within a supportive UXR community offering mentorship, regular meetups, and exclusive internal tools.
In this role, you will be responsible for guiding research that defines the next generation of measurement tools, helping customers leverage Google’s AI capabilities to organize, analyze, and interpret data to inform their critical business decisions.
You will be instrumental in creating intuitive, valuable, and trustworthy experiences in platforms like Google Analytics and Campaign Manager 360. Your insights will be used to develop frameworks and solve problems that help advertisers understand the value of sharing data, see the connection across their data, measurement, and advertising results, and ultimately, grow their businesses with Google.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses to large brands to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
- Experience with research methods (e.g., usability, studies, contextual inquiries, 1:1 interviews, unmoderated research studies).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or a related field.
- Experience conducting research on technical or enterprise-facing products.
- 7 years of experience in applied qualitative research, in a product development environment.
- Experience with mixed-methods research (e.g., integrating qualitative and quantitative data), synthesizing research findings into actionable insights, and communicating them to cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate research insights into product and design impact.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute foundational research to develop a comprehensive understanding of the evolving workflows, needs, and issues of businesses across advertising solutions.
- Partner with engineering, product, and UX teams across the organization to inform the definition of technical solutions and workflows. Design and execute evaluative research to deliver insights that validate and refine proposed solutions against user needs.
- Serve as a partner to product, engineering, and design leaders by facilitating alignment on user-centered objectives and managing consensus on product direction.
- Influence the long-term goal for our customer's advertising and measurement solutions, aligning with overarching business goals and a rapidly changing ecosystem.
- Distill user, business, and technical issues into actionable recommendations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate insights into product requirements and present findings to audiences ranging from project teams to executive leadership.
COMPENSATION
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $159,000-$231,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
BENEFITS
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
ABOUT THE JOB
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you make this possible. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to gather insights and create industry-leading products.
You’ll play a critical role in helping your team understand user needs and will drive impact at all stages of product development, ensuring products are useful, usable, and helpful. You will explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research, including: field studies, interviews, diary studies, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. You will also grow within a supportive UXR community offering mentorship, regular meetups, and exclusive internal tools.
In this role, you will be responsible for guiding research that defines the next generation of measurement tools, helping customers leverage Google’s AI capabilities to organize, analyze, and interpret data to inform their critical business decisions.
You will be instrumental in creating intuitive, valuable, and trustworthy experiences in platforms like Google Analytics and Campaign Manager 360. Your insights will be used to develop frameworks and solve problems that help advertisers understand the value of sharing data, see the connection across their data, measurement, and advertising results, and ultimately, grow their businesses with Google.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses to large brands to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
- Experience with research methods (e.g., usability, studies, contextual inquiries, 1:1 interviews, unmoderated research studies).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or a related field.
- Experience conducting research on technical or enterprise-facing products.
- 7 years of experience in applied qualitative research, in a product development environment.
- Experience with mixed-methods research (e.g., integrating qualitative and quantitative data), synthesizing research findings into actionable insights, and communicating them to cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate research insights into product and design impact.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute foundational research to develop a comprehensive understanding of the evolving workflows, needs, and issues of businesses across advertising solutions.
- Partner with engineering, product, and UX teams across the organization to inform the definition of technical solutions and workflows. Design and execute evaluative research to deliver insights that validate and refine proposed solutions against user needs.
- Serve as a partner to product, engineering, and design leaders by facilitating alignment on user-centered objectives and managing consensus on product direction.
- Influence the long-term goal for our customer's advertising and measurement solutions, aligning with overarching business goals and a rapidly changing ecosystem.
- Distill user, business, and technical issues into actionable recommendations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate insights into product requirements and present findings to audiences ranging from project teams to executive leadership.
COMPENSATION
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $159,000-$231,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
BENEFITS
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Target tech companies with UX research teams
Large technology employers, including those in enterprise software and consumer products, file LCAs for UX Research roles consistently. Focusing your search on companies with established research functions significantly improves your sponsorship odds.
Emphasize your degree field, not just the title
H-1B specialty occupation requires a degree in a specific relevant field. Psychology, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and information science all support UX Researcher petitions. A general business degree may complicate the specialty occupation determination.
Build a portfolio that shows research methodology
Employers sponsoring visas take on real cost and legal responsibility. A portfolio demonstrating mixed-methods research, usability testing, and measurable product impact makes you a more compelling candidate worth that investment.
Pursue mid-to-large employers over early-stage startups
Startups under 50 employees rarely have immigration counsel or established sponsorship processes. Companies with HR infrastructure and prior LCA filings can move faster and are far less likely to back out of sponsorship mid-process.
Start the conversation about sponsorship early
Bring up your visa situation before the offer stage, ideally after an initial recruiter screen. It signals professionalism, avoids wasted time, and lets the employer confirm sponsorship willingness before both sides invest in a full interview loop.
Use Migrate Mate to find pre-screened sponsoring employers
Migrate Mate lists UX Research roles specifically from employers willing to sponsor. Filtering to verified sponsoring companies removes the uncertainty of applying broadly and then discovering a company won't support your visa.
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Is User Experience Researcher a qualifying specialty occupation for H-1B?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field. UX Research roles typically require degrees in psychology, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, or a closely related field. Roles where any bachelor's degree is accepted, regardless of field, are more likely to face an RFE on specialty occupation grounds.
Which visa types are most common for UX Researchers getting employer sponsorship?
The H-1B is the primary route, and UX Research roles at major employers appear regularly in DOL LCA disclosure data. Australians have access to the E-3 visa, which has no annual lottery and allows two-year renewable status. Canadians and Mexicans may qualify under TN in the Social Scientist or similar category, though TN classification for UX roles can require careful documentation.
Do UX Researcher roles typically survive H-1B lottery selection?
Lottery selection is random, so no role type guarantees selection. However, employers with large UX research teams often register multiple candidates each cycle, and some large tech employers qualify as H-1B dependent or maintain relationships with immigration counsel who can advise on cap-exempt alternatives. If you're not selected, O-1A or L-1 transfers may be viable secondary options depending on your background.
Does my degree need to be specifically in UX or HCI to get sponsored?
Not necessarily, but it needs to be in a directly related field. Degrees in psychology, cognitive science, information science, sociology, or statistics can all support a UX Research petition if your coursework and experience align with the role's research methodology requirements. A general communications or liberal arts degree without a quantitative or behavioral science component is harder to defend under specialty occupation criteria.
How can I find UX Research jobs where employers are already open to sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lists UX Research roles from employers who have indicated sponsorship willingness, which removes the most frustrating part of the job search: reaching the offer stage only to learn a company won't support your visa. Filtering by sponsoring employers from the start lets you focus your effort where it actually leads somewhere.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored User Experience Researcher jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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