Role Filing Pattern
Research Associate II appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 54 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Associate II H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1021.00
SOC Category: Biochemists and Biophysicists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Associate II (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 54 filing records. Filed base wages span $60,000 to $90,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $87,000. 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
$87,000
H-1B LCA Filings
54LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$90,000
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 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Colorado State University, ALLEN INSTITUTE, THE HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION, and The Broad Institute, 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 Cambridge, MA, Fort Collins, CO, Seattle, WA, New Brunswick, NJ, and Houston, 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$60,000
P25$65,000
Median$87,000
P75$80,000
Max$90,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 7
- Colorado State University$66,3356
- 4
- 3
- 3
- Tessera Therapeutics$88,0302
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- Arc Research Institute$73,7001
- 1
- Ring Therapeutics, Inc.$80,0001
Filed Wage by City
- Somerville, MA$88,0302
- Houston, TX$80,7873
- Palo Alto, CA$73,7001
- Silver Spring, MD$70,0003
- Fort Collins, CO$67,6705
- Piscataway, NJ$67,6112
- Milwaukee, WI$67,5521
- New Brunswick, NJ$66,7063
- Worcester, MA$44,5002
- 5
- Seattle, WAN/A4
- Newark, NJN/A2
- Mobile, ALN/A2
- 2
- 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Associate II?
The median filed base salary for Research Associate II H-1B LCA records is $87,000 per year.
How many Research Associate II H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 54 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Associate II role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Associate II?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Associate II include: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Colorado State University, ALLEN INSTITUTE.
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