Role Filing Pattern
Research Scientist III appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 35 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Scientist III 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 Scientist III (SOC 19-1042.00, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 35 filing records. Filed base wages span $76,226 to $195,200 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $160,887. 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
$160,887
H-1B LCA Filings
35LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$195,200
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, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Amazon Web Services, Inc., SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 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 Ames, IA, Seattle, WA, Sunnyvale, CA, Bellevue, WA, and Houston, 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$76,226
P25$82,000
Median$160,887
P75$168,200
Max$195,200
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Amazon.com Services LLC$187,0278
- 5
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.$204,8454
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 2
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$78,6101
- 1
- 1
- LONZA TAMPA LLC$92,0001
- Colorado State University$115,0001
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Sunnyvale, CA$198,1474
- Cupertino, CA$178,8541
- Arlington, VA$168,2001
- New York, NY$167,8002
- Bellevue, WA$160,8873
- Huntsville, AL$101,8622
- Tampa, FL$92,0001
- Albany, NY$91,9221
- Hopkinton, MA$89,2501
- Ames, IA$82,0005
- RAPID CITY, SD$80,3031
- Knoxville, TN$78,6101
- Galveston, TX$76,3662
- Seattle, WAN/A5
- Houston, TXN/A3
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Scientist III?
The median filed base salary for Research Scientist III H-1B LCA records is $160,887 per year.
How many Research Scientist III H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 35 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Scientist III role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Scientist III?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Scientist III include: Amazon.com Services LLC, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Amazon Web Services, Inc..
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