Role Filing Pattern
Postdoctoral Researcher appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 229 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Postdoctoral Researcher 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 Researcher (SOC 19-2032.00, Materials Scientists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 229 filing records. Filed base wages span $56,040 to $73,320 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $67,320. 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
$67,320
H-1B LCA Filings
229LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$73,320
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 UT Southwestern Medical Center, TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Louisiana State University and A&M College, and The University of Kansas. 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 Dallas, TX, Philadelphia, PA, College Station, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, and Lawrence, KS. 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$56,040
P25$60,500
Median$67,320
P75$68,964
Max$73,320
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 68
- 66
- 18
- 13
- The University of Kansas$60,7608
- The University of Alabama$65,0006
- 6
- Prairie View A&M University$59,7836
- Syracuse University$62,7504
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$59,7924
- 4
- Texas A&M University$61,0003
- 2
- 2
- 2
Filed Wage by City
- Orlando, FL$96,4702
- Berkeley, CA$79,9345
- Cambridge, MA$70,3802
- Dallas, TX$70,00073
- Philadelphia, PA$68,90766
- Baton Rouge, LA$65,00015
- Tuscaloosa, AL$65,0006
- New York, NY$65,0001
- Syracuse, NY$62,7504
- Lawrence, KS$61,3399
- College Station, TX$60,50020
- New Orleans, LA$59,9782
- Newark, DE$59,7924
- Prairie View, TX$59,7836
- Boston, MA$56,0001
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Postdoctoral Researcher?
The median filed base salary for Postdoctoral Researcher H-1B LCA records is $67,320 per year.
How many Postdoctoral Researcher H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 229 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Postdoctoral Researcher role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Postdoctoral Researcher?
Top employers filing LCAs for Postdoctoral Researcher include: UT Southwestern Medical Center, TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.
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