Role Filing Pattern
Research Investigator appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 72 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Investigator H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1042.00
SOC Category: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Investigator (SOC 19-1042.00, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 72 filing records. Filed base wages span $65,000 to $99,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $95,173. 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
$95,173
H-1B LCA Filings
72LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$99,000
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 University of Michigan, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Corteva Agriscience LLC, Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., and Baylor 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 Ann Arbor, MI, Houston, TX, Indianapolis, IN, Cambridge, MA, and Dallas, 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$65,000
P25$68,000
Median$95,173
P75$80,496
Max$99,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- University of Michigan$99,00057
- 7
- Corteva Agriscience LLC$110,0002
- 2
- Baylor Research Institute$100,0001
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Cambridge, MA$113,8232
- Indianapolis, IN$110,0002
- Dallas, TX$100,0001
- Ann Arbor, MI$99,00057
- Richmond, VA$82,0001
- Cold Spring Harbor, NY$80,0001
- New York, NY$77,8751
- Houston, TX$66,7867
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Investigator?
The median filed base salary for Research Investigator H-1B LCA records is $95,173 per year.
How many Research Investigator H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 72 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Investigator role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Investigator?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Investigator include: University of Michigan, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Corteva Agriscience LLC.
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