Role Filing Pattern
Research Chemist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 6 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Chemist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-2031.00
SOC Category: Chemists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Chemist (SOC 19-2031.00, Chemists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 6 filing records. Filed base wages span $70,000 to $101,650 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $105,903. 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
$105,903
H-1B LCA Filings
6LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$101,650
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 NIVAGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., J-Star Research, Inc., Axle Informatics LLC, University of Notre Dame du Lac, and Power Environmental Energy 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 DAVIS, CA, Cranbury, NJ, Bethesda, MD, Notre Dame, IN, and Conshohocken, PA. 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$70,000
P25$70,000
Median$105,903
P75$101,650
Max$101,650
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 1
- J-Star Research, Inc.$101,6501
- Axle Informatics LLC$110,1561
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Bethesda, MD$110,1561
- Cranbury, NJ$101,6501
- DAVIS, CA$78,2911
- Notre Dame, IN$70,0001
- 1
- Covina, CAN/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Chemist?
The median filed base salary for Research Chemist H-1B LCA records is $105,903 per year.
How many Research Chemist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 6 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Chemist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Chemist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Chemist include: NIVAGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., J-Star Research, Inc., Axle Informatics LLC.
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