Role Filing Pattern
Research Associate Sr. appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 14 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Associate Sr. 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 Sr. (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 14 filing records. Filed base wages span $55,000 to $75,254 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $74,323. 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
$74,323
H-1B LCA Filings
14LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$75,254
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 Duke University, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, and The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler. 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 Durham, NC, Dallas, TX, Loma Linda, CA, Lexington, KY, and Tyler, 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$55,000
P25$62,941
Median$74,323
P75$75,254
Max$75,254
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Duke University$75,2548
- 2
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$66,6851
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Durham, NC$75,2548
- Lexington, KY$66,6851
- Dallas, TX$64,0002
- Loma Linda, CA$58,0742
- Tyler, TX$55,0001
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Associate Sr.?
The median filed base salary for Research Associate Sr. H-1B LCA records is $74,323 per year.
How many Research Associate Sr. H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 14 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Associate Sr. role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Associate Sr.?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Associate Sr. include: Duke University, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.
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