Role Filing Pattern
R&D Scientist II appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
R&D Scientist II H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1012.00
SOC Category: Food Scientists and Technologists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
R&D Scientist II (SOC 19-1012.00, Food Scientists and Technologists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 filing records. Filed base wages span $79,539 to $87,797 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $86,614. 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
$86,614
H-1B LCA Filings
5LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$87,797
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 LACTALIS CHEESE AND DAIRY HOLDING INC., General Mills, Inc., and ARL Bio Pharma, Inc.. 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 Minneapolis, MN, Minnetonka, MN, and Oklahoma City, OK. 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$79,539
P25$86,614
Median$86,614
P75$87,797
Max$87,797
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 2
- General Mills, Inc.$87,7971
- ARL Bio Pharma, Inc.$79,5391
Filed Wage by City
- Minneapolis, MN$91,6712
- Minnetonka, MN$86,6142
- Oklahoma City, OK$79,5391
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a R&D Scientist II?
The median filed base salary for R&D Scientist II H-1B LCA records is $86,614 per year.
How many R&D Scientist II H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 5 Labor Condition Applications filed for the R&D Scientist II role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for R&D Scientist II?
Top employers filing LCAs for R&D Scientist II include: LACTALIS CHEESE AND DAIRY HOLDING INC., General Mills, Inc., ARL Bio Pharma, Inc..
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LACTALIS CHEESE AND DAIRY HOLDING INC.
2 LCA filings
$91,080 median wage
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General Mills, Inc.
1 LCA filings
$87,797 median wage
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ARL Bio Pharma, Inc.
1 LCA filings
$79,539 median wage
City filing this role
Minneapolis, MN
2 LCA filings
$91,671 median wage