Role Filing Pattern
Research Assistant appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 80 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Assistant H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1029.00
SOC Category: Biological Scientists, All Other
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Assistant (SOC 19-1029.00, Biological Scientists, All Other) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 80 filing records. Filed base wages span $39,062 to $65,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $63,189. 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
$63,189
H-1B LCA Filings
80LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$65,000
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 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, North Carolina State University, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, The Rockefeller University, and University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. 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, Cincinnati, OH, Raleigh, NC, DETROIT, MI, and Tallahassee, FL. 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$39,062
P25$47,112
Median$63,189
P75$62,878
Max$65,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 6
- 5
- WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$55,0995
- The Rockefeller University$54,0004
- 3
- 3
- The Florida State University$39,0623
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- BPG Bio Inc.$63,5002
- 2
Filed Wage by City
- New York, NY$77,50010
- Raleigh, NC$62,8785
- Houston, TX$62,3802
- Cincinnati, OH$57,3406
- Washington, DC$56,0004
- DETROIT, MI$55,0995
- Tallahassee, FL$47,8194
- Little Rock, AR$47,0003
- Cleveland, OH$46,0353
- 4
- ST LOUIS, MON/A3
- 3
- Dallas, TXN/A2
- 2
- 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Assistant?
The median filed base salary for Research Assistant H-1B LCA records is $63,189 per year.
How many Research Assistant H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 80 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Assistant role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Assistant?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Assistant include: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, North Carolina State University, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY.
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