Role Filing Pattern
Basic Life Research Scientist appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 73 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Basic Life Research Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1021.00
SOC Category: Biochemists and Biophysicists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Basic Life Research Scientist (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 73 filing records. Filed base wages span $75,000 to $92,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $84,861. 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
$84,861
H-1B LCA Filings
73LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$92,000
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 The Leland Stanford, Jr University. 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 Stanford, CA and Palo Alto, 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$75,000
P25$77,688
Median$84,861
P75$86,000
Max$92,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 73
Filed Wage by City
- Stanford, CA$84,86163
- Palo Alto, CA$83,00010
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Basic Life Research Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Basic Life Research Scientist H-1B LCA records is $84,861 per year.
How many Basic Life Research Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 73 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Basic Life Research Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Basic Life Research Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Basic Life Research Scientist include: The Leland Stanford, Jr University.
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