Role Filing Pattern
Associate Project Scientist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 10 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Associate Project Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-2011.00
SOC Category: Astronomers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Associate Project Scientist (SOC 19-2011.00, Astronomers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 10 filing records. Filed base wages span $83,200 to $103,900 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $103,550. 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
$103,550
H-1B LCA Filings
10LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$103,900
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.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, and UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE. 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 La Jolla, CA, Berkeley, CA, Los Angeles, CA, and IRVINE, CA. 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 filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$83,200
P25$90,600
Median$103,550
P75$103,900
Max$103,900
Top Employers by LCA Filings
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Filed Wage by City
- Berkeley, CA$116,1502
- IRVINE, CA$98,5002
- La Jolla, CA$97,2504
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Associate Project Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Associate Project Scientist H-1B LCA records is $103,550 per year.
How many Associate Project Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 10 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Associate Project Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Associate Project Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Associate Project Scientist include: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles.
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