Role Filing Pattern
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 21 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1013.00
SOC Category: Soil and Plant Scientists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (SOC 19-1013.00, Soil and Plant Scientists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 21 filing records. Filed base wages span $54,626 to $62,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $62,000. 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
$62,000
H-1B LCA Filings
21LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$62,000
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 Purdue University and THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. 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 West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette, IN, and Knoxville, TN. 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$54,626
P25$55,008
Median$62,000
P75$62,000
Max$62,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Purdue University$62,00020
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$60,0001
Filed Wage by City
- Lafayette, IN$62,0001
- West Lafayette, IN$62,00019
- Knoxville, TN$60,0001
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant?
The median filed base salary for Post-Doctoral Research Assistant H-1B LCA records is $62,000 per year.
How many Post-Doctoral Research Assistant H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 21 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Post-Doctoral Research Assistant role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Post-Doctoral Research Assistant?
Top employers filing LCAs for Post-Doctoral Research Assistant include: Purdue University, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
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