Role Filing Pattern
Research Scientist appears as a frequent H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 1,084 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1021.00
SOC Category: Biochemists and Biophysicists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Scientist (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as a frequent H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 1,084 filing records. Filed base wages span $62,652 to $215,658 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $117,174. 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
$117,174
H-1B LCA Filings
1,084LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$215,658
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 Meta Platforms, Inc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Virginia, Google LLC, and UT Southwestern Medical Center. 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 Cambridge, MA, New York, NY, Houston, TX, Boston, MA, and Menlo Park, CA. 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$62,652
P25$70,000
Median$117,174
P75$131,144
Max$215,658
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Meta Platforms, Inc$230,000121
- 77
- The University of Virginia$72,50041
- Google LLC$255,00033
- 30
- 29
- The Ohio State University$100,00829
- 26
- University of Illinois$72,00024
- NVIDIA Corporation$257,42123
- 21
- Brigham and Women's Hospital$72,71517
- 16
- 15
- 15
Filed Wage by City
- Mountain View, CA$277,00022
- Santa Clara, CA$257,42119
- Menlo Park, CA$245,58940
- Bellevue, WA$233,00522
- New York, NY$214,03264
- Columbus, OH$91,80035
- Pittsburgh, PA$91,50024
- Cambridge, MA$87,60090
- Boston, MA$83,00046
- Dallas, TX$77,00031
- Houston, TX$75,70052
- San Antonio, TX$73,68819
- Charlottesville, VA$72,50040
- Urbana, IL$71,13621
- 22
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Research Scientist H-1B LCA records is $117,174 per year.
How many Research Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 1,084 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Scientist include: Meta Platforms, Inc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Virginia.
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