Role Filing Pattern
Postdoctoral Research Associate appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 674 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Postdoctoral Research Associate H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-2032.00
SOC Category: Materials Scientists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Postdoctoral Research Associate (SOC 19-2032.00, Materials Scientists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 674 filing records. Filed base wages span $53,040 to $91,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $67,362. 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
$67,362
H-1B LCA Filings
674LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$91,000
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 Triad National Security, LLC, ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Washington University, The Trustees of Princeton University, and University of Illinois. 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 Memphis, TN, Los Alamos, NM, St. Louis, MO, Princeton, NJ, and College Station, TX. 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$53,040
P25$56,880
Median$67,362
P75$71,769
Max$91,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Triad National Security, LLC$103,33459
- 59
- Washington University$63,12054
- 46
- University of Illinois$62,40043
- Texas A&M University$56,60740
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research$56,74228
- University of Connecticut$65,00027
- 23
- 20
- 20
- 19
- 16
- 14
- W.M. RICE UNIVERSITY$67,72912
Filed Wage by City
- Los Alamos, NM$103,33457
- Memphis, TN$72,53059
- Princeton, NJ$71,63146
- Storrs, CT$66,50424
- Athens, GA$66,50016
- Chapel Hill, NC$65,55123
- Houston, TX$63,78818
- Notre Dame, IN$63,73814
- St. Louis, MO$63,12053
- Urbana, IL$62,40041
- Ames, IA$60,22820
- Lincoln, NE$60,00015
- Troy, NY$58,65618
- College Station, TX$56,16043
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Postdoctoral Research Associate?
The median filed base salary for Postdoctoral Research Associate H-1B LCA records is $67,362 per year.
How many Postdoctoral Research Associate H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 674 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Postdoctoral Research Associate?
Top employers filing LCAs for Postdoctoral Research Associate include: Triad National Security, LLC, ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Washington University.
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