Role Filing Pattern
Postdoctoral Research Scientist appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 65 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1042.00
SOC Category: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (SOC 19-1042.00, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 65 filing records. Filed base wages span $68,000 to $78,900 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $75,000. 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
$75,000
H-1B LCA Filings
65LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$78,900
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 Columbia University, The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., Saint Louis University, The University of Iowa, and Research Foundation of CUNY. 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 New York, NY, Saint Louis, MO, and Iowa City, IA. 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$68,000
P25$72,000
Median$75,000
P75$75,324
Max$78,900
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Columbia University$74,26359
- 3
- Saint Louis University$56,5971
- The University of Iowa$64,3561
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- New York, NY$75,24561
- Iowa City, IA$64,3561
- Saint Louis, MO$56,5971
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Postdoctoral Research Scientist H-1B LCA records is $75,000 per year.
How many Postdoctoral Research Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 65 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Postdoctoral Research Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Postdoctoral Research Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Postdoctoral Research Scientist include: Columbia University, The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., Saint Louis University.
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