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Assistant Researcher H-1B LCA Filings

SOC Code: 19-1029.01
SOC Category: Bioinformatics Scientists

LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023

Updated 2026-05-23

Assistant Researcher (SOC 19-1029.01, Bioinformatics Scientists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 19 filing records. Filed base wages span $87,100 to $106,600 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $97,400. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.

Median Salary

$97,400

H-1B LCA Filings

19LCA records

Top 10% Salary

$106,600
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.

Role Filing Pattern

Assistant Researcher appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 19 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.

Employer Concentration

The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, and University of Wisconsin System. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.

Location Pattern

Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as San Francisco, CA, Berkeley, CA, Los Angeles, CA, IRVINE, CA, and Madison, WI. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.

Salary Caveat

The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.

Salary Distribution (Base)

LCA filings

Quartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.

Min$87,100
P25$90,200
Median$97,400
P75$97,400
Max$106,600

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Assistant Researcher?
The median filed base salary for Assistant Researcher H-1B LCA records is $97,400 per year.
How many Assistant Researcher H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 19 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Assistant Researcher role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Assistant Researcher?
Top employers filing LCAs for Assistant Researcher include: University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles.

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