Role Filing Pattern
Chief Scientist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Chief Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2031.00
SOC Category: Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Chief Scientist (SOC 17-2031.00, Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 filing records. Filed base wages span $108,867 to $150,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $180,000. 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
$180,000
H-1B LCA Filings
5LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$150,000
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 Turing Video and Aescape Inc.. 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 Eugene, OR, Irvine, CA, Sammamish, WA, San Jose, CA, and New York, NY. 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$108,867
P25$108,867
Median$180,000
P75$150,000
Max$150,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Turing Video$150,0001
- Aescape Inc.N/A1
Filed Wage by City
- Irvine, CA$180,0001
- Sammamish, WA$150,0001
- Eugene, OR$108,8671
- San Jose, CAN/A1
- New York, NYN/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Chief Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Chief Scientist H-1B LCA records is $180,000 per year.
How many Chief Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 5 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Chief Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Chief Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Chief Scientist include: Turing Video, Aescape Inc..
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