Role Filing Pattern
Research Scientist II appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 116 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Scientist II H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-2031.00
SOC Category: Operations Research Analysts
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Scientist II (SOC 15-2031.00, Operations Research Analysts) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 116 filing records. Filed base wages span $65,430 to $168,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $117,024. 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
$117,024
H-1B LCA Filings
116LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$168,000
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 Amazon.com Services LLC, Georgia Institute of Technology, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc., and The Broad Institute, Inc.. 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 Seattle, WA, Atlanta, GA, Ames, IA, PASADENA, CA, and Cambridge, MA. 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$65,430
P25$80,850
Median$117,024
P75$146,000
Max$168,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Amazon.com Services LLC$160,00017
- 15
- 12
- 10
- The Broad Institute, Inc.$115,8285
- 5
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.$185,0005
- Underwriters Laboratories Inc.$104,2504
- 3
- 3
- Basis Research Institute$160,0003
- 3
- 2
- A9.com LLC$181,3412
Filed Wage by City
- Santa Clara, CA$177,0002
- PASADENA, CA$170,9009
- Seattle, WA$160,00017
- NYC, NY$160,0003
- Bellevue, WA$127,4792
- Cambridge, MA$110,0009
- Skokie, IL$102,0003
- Huntsville, AL$89,2503
- Jupiter, FL$86,0403
- Albany, NY$81,6963
- Atlanta, GA$80,46016
- Richardson, TX$70,9912
- Ames, IA$63,96512
- 3
- New York, NYN/A3
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Scientist II?
The median filed base salary for Research Scientist II H-1B LCA records is $117,024 per year.
How many Research Scientist II H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 116 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Scientist II role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Scientist II?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Scientist II include: Amazon.com Services LLC, Georgia Institute of Technology, Iowa State University of Science and Technology.
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