Role Filing Pattern
Research Engineer appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 166 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-1221.00
SOC Category: Computer and Information Research Scientists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
+59.2%
Filed H-1B base wages show $231,000 vs BLS national median $145,080
Research Engineer (SOC 15-1221.00, Computer and Information Research Scientists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 166 filing records. Filed base wages span $84,800 to $250,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $231,000. Filed base wages for this role sit above the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. 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
$231,000
H-1B LCA Filings
166LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$250,000
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 Meta Platforms, Inc, Google LLC, Resolve AI, Inc., The Leland Stanford, Jr University, and The University of Kansas. 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 San Francisco, CA, Mountain View, CA, New York, NY, Menlo Park, CA, and Stanford, CA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$84,800
P25$110,000
Median$231,000
P75$228,000
Max$250,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Meta Platforms, Inc$232,00023
- Google LLC$235,00021
- 16
- 14
- The University of Kansas$85,5716
- 6
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine$115,7525
- 5
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- Netflix, Inc.$283,4423
- 3
- 3
Filed Wage by City
- Redmond, WA$243,7854
- Mountain View, CA$235,00015
- Menlo Park, CA$232,00011
- Seattle, WA$211,2506
- Redwood City, CA$203,2004
- San Jose, CA$200,0005
- New York, NY$161,00014
- Palo Alto, CA$150,3969
- Cambridge, MA$148,9505
- Stanford, CA$130,0009
- Lawrence, KS$85,5716
- Dallas, TX$81,0003
- 27
- 6
- 5
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Research Engineer H-1B LCA records is $231,000 per year.
How many Research Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 166 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Engineer include: Meta Platforms, Inc, Google LLC, Resolve AI, Inc..
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