Role Filing Pattern
Research Associate III appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 17 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Associate III H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-2042.00
SOC Category: Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Associate III (SOC 19-2042.00, Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 17 filing records. Filed base wages span $60,823 to $83,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $80,000. 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
$80,000
H-1B LCA Filings
17LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$83,000
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, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Colorado State University, The J. David Gladstone Institutes, and South Dakota State University. 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 Woods Hole, MA, Newark, NJ, Fort Collins, CO, Piscataway, NJ, and San Francisco, CA. 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$60,823
P25$64,214
Median$80,000
P75$82,634
Max$83,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 4
- 3
- Colorado State University$82,2002
- 1
- 1
- Montefiore Medical Center$80,0001
- LONZA HOUSTON INC$82,6341
- MedGenome, Inc.$71,6351
- 1
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Fort Collins, CO$92,4001
- Woods Hole, MA$89,0383
- HOUSTON, TX$82,6341
- Bronx, NY$80,0001
- San Francisco, CA$75,5051
- BROOKINGS, SD$73,6661
- Foster City, CA$71,6351
- Newark, NJ$63,1273
- Piscataway, NJ$58,7821
- Newark, DEN/A1
- 1
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Associate III?
The median filed base salary for Research Associate III H-1B LCA records is $80,000 per year.
How many Research Associate III H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 17 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Associate III role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Associate III?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Associate III include: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Colorado State University.
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