Role Filing Pattern
Research Professional appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 16 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Professional H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-4061.00
SOC Category: Social Science Research Assistants
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Professional (SOC 19-4061.00, Social Science Research Assistants) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 16 filing records. Filed base wages span $51,033 to $95,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $71,063. 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
$71,063
H-1B LCA Filings
16LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$95,000
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 The University of Chicago, University of Georgia, Siemens Corporation, University of Chicago, and UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL. 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 Chicago, IL, Athens, GA, Washington, DC, Berkeley, CA, and Princeton, NJ. 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$51,033
P25$55,000
Median$71,063
P75$82,353
Max$95,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- The University of Chicago$62,0007
- University of Georgia$65,0005
- Siemens Corporation$154,7872
- University of Chicago$77,1261
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Filed Wage by City
- Princeton, NJ$159,0731
- Berkeley, CA$150,5001
- Chicago, IL$77,1267
- Athens, GA$65,0005
- Chapel Hill, NC$63,6481
- Washington, DC$55,0001
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Professional?
The median filed base salary for Research Professional H-1B LCA records is $71,063 per year.
How many Research Professional H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 16 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Professional role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Professional?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Professional include: The University of Chicago, University of Georgia, Siemens Corporation.
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