Role Filing Pattern
Research Scholar appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 42 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Scholar 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 Scholar (SOC 19-1042.00, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 42 filing records. Filed base wages span $60,000 to $87,566 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $78,260. 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
$78,260
H-1B LCA Filings
42LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$87,566
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 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, North Carolina State University, New York University, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, and THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. 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 New York, NY, Raleigh, NC, Boise, ID, Princeton, NJ, and Durham, NC. 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$60,000
P25$65,000
Median$78,260
P75$78,520
Max$87,566
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 14
- 10
- New York University$76,2834
- BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$78,5204
- 3
- 3
- University of Idaho$60,0001
- Michigan State University$62,4211
- CZ Biohub New York, LLC$71,2821
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Boise, ID$78,5204
- Bronx, NY$75,0001
- New York, NY$72,00019
- Raleigh, NC$70,0009
- East Lansing, MI$62,4211
- Moscow, ID$60,0001
- Kannapolis, NC$60,0001
- 3
- Durham, NCN/A3
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Scholar?
The median filed base salary for Research Scholar H-1B LCA records is $78,260 per year.
How many Research Scholar H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 42 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Scholar role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Scholar?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Scholar include: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, North Carolina State University, New York University.
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