Role Filing Pattern
Post Doctoral Research Associate appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 105 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Post Doctoral Research Associate H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-4061.00
SOC Category: Social Science Research Assistants
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Post Doctoral Research Associate (SOC 19-4061.00, Social Science Research Assistants) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 105 filing records. Filed base wages span $50,567 to $72,197 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $63,000. 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
$63,000
H-1B LCA Filings
105LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$72,197
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, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Texas Tech University, University of Georgia, and University of Massachusetts Amherst. 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, Knoxville, TN, Lubbock, TX, Athens, GA, and Amherst, MA. 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$50,567
P25$56,759
Median$63,000
P75$66,000
Max$72,197
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Purdue University$60,00035
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$72,00013
- 10
- University of Georgia$62,2508
- 5
- 3
- 3
- Georgetown University$90,0003
- University of Wyoming$63,1842
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS$62,1092
- Morgan State University$64,4392
- 2
- University of Mississippi$47,5071
- University of Maine$59,9991
Filed Wage by City
- Gaithersburg, MD$90,0003
- Knoxville, TN$71,00012
- Greensboro, NC$64,6362
- Baltimore, MD$64,4392
- Amherst, MA$64,0004
- Laramie, WY$63,1842
- Denton, TX$62,1092
- Athens, GA$62,0009
- West Lafayette, IN$60,00035
- Lincoln, NE$60,0002
- Omaha, NE$59,4671
- Norfolk, VA$50,5672
- University, MS$47,5071
- Lubbock, TXN/A10
- 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Post Doctoral Research Associate?
The median filed base salary for Post Doctoral Research Associate H-1B LCA records is $63,000 per year.
How many Post Doctoral Research Associate H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 105 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Post Doctoral Research Associate role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Post Doctoral Research Associate?
Top employers filing LCAs for Post Doctoral Research Associate include: Purdue University, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Texas Tech University.
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