Role Filing Pattern
Research Associate I appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 26 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Associate I H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1029.02
SOC Category: Molecular and Cellular Biologists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Associate I (SOC 19-1029.02, Molecular and Cellular Biologists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 26 filing records. Filed base wages span $56,122 to $78,746 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $74,638. 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
$74,638
H-1B LCA Filings
26LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$78,746
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 The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Tufts Medical Center, Inc., Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., and Baylor 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, New Brunswick, NJ, Boston, MA, Milwaukee, WI, and Dallas, TX. 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$56,122
P25$60,112
Median$74,638
P75$73,161
Max$78,746
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 7
- 5
- Tufts Medical Center, Inc.$69,7013
- 3
- 2
- University of Michigan$62,4001
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Houston, TX$76,1167
- New Brunswick, NJ$73,1615
- Boston, MA$69,7013
- Ann Arbor, MI$62,4001
- Milwaukee, WI$56,1223
- Dallas, TXN/A2
- La Jolla, CAN/A1
- 1
- 1
- Auburn, ALN/A1
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Associate I?
The median filed base salary for Research Associate I H-1B LCA records is $74,638 per year.
How many Research Associate I H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 26 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Associate I role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Associate I?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Associate I include: The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Tufts Medical Center, Inc..
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