Role Filing Pattern
Research Assistant II appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 12 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Assistant II H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-4021.00
SOC Category: Biological Technicians
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Assistant II (SOC 19-4021.00, Biological Technicians) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 12 filing records. Filed base wages span $45,000 to $64,101 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $60,755. 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
$60,755
H-1B LCA Filings
12LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$64,101
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 Baylor College of Medicine, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, University of Connecticut, and The Scripps Research Institute. 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 Houston, TX, La Jolla, CA, Philadelphia, PA, and Storrs, CT. 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$45,000
P25$46,800
Median$60,755
P75$57,410
Max$64,101
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Baylor College of Medicine$57,4105
- 2
- 2
- University of Connecticut$88,5461
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Storrs, CT$88,5461
- Houston, TX$64,1017
- La Jolla, CA$50,7422
- Philadelphia, PA$45,0001
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Assistant II?
The median filed base salary for Research Assistant II H-1B LCA records is $60,755 per year.
How many Research Assistant II H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 12 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Assistant II role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Assistant II?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Assistant II include: Baylor College of Medicine, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.
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