Role Filing Pattern
Research Software Engineer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 17 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Software Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-1252.00
SOC Category: Software Developers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
+58.8%
Filed H-1B base wages show $210,000 vs BLS national median $132,270
Research Software Engineer (SOC 15-1252.00, Software Developers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 17 filing records. Filed base wages span $92,414 to $231,759 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $210,000. Filed base wages for this role sit above the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. 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
$210,000
H-1B LCA Filings
17LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$231,759
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 University of Illinois, IBM Corporation, Johns Hopkins University, eShocan LLC, and Indiana 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 Urbana, IL, Baltimore, MD, Yorktown Heights, NY, Mountain View, CA, and Bloomington, IN. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$92,414
P25$93,350
Median$210,000
P75$210,000
Max$231,759
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 4
- IBM Corporation$235,4133
- 3
- eShocan LLC$132,5791
- Indiana University$92,4141
- Genentech, Inc.$184,4671
- Battelle Memorial Institute$134,4711
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Yorktown Heights, NY$241,3542
- South San Francisco, CA$184,4671
- Menlo Park, CA$175,0001
- Richland, WA$134,4711
- Mountain View, CA$132,5791
- Bloomington, IN$92,4141
- Urbana, ILN/A4
- 3
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Software Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Research Software Engineer H-1B LCA records is $210,000 per year.
How many Research Software Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 17 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Software Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Software Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Software Engineer include: University of Illinois, IBM Corporation, Johns Hopkins University.
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