Role Filing Pattern
Research Specialist II appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 13 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Specialist II H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-4021.00
SOC Category: Biological Technicians
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Specialist II (SOC 19-4021.00, Biological Technicians) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 13 filing records. Filed base wages span $48,000 to $100,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $88,037. 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
$88,037
H-1B LCA Filings
13LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$100,000
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 The Trustees of Princeton University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Loyola University Chicago, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, and The Curators of the University of Missouri. 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 PRINCETON, NJ, Chicago, IL, Miami, FL, New York, NY, and Seattle, WA. 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$48,000
P25$56,000
Median$88,037
P75$88,037
Max$100,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 6
- 4
- Loyola University Chicago$56,0001
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Seattle, WA$100,0041
- Bloomington, IN$94,0901
- Miami, FL$88,0371
- New York, NY$87,2971
- PRINCETON, NJ$60,0007
- Chicago, IL$56,0001
- Columbia, MON/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Specialist II?
The median filed base salary for Research Specialist II H-1B LCA records is $88,037 per year.
How many Research Specialist II H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 13 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Specialist II role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Specialist II?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Specialist II include: The Trustees of Princeton University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Loyola University Chicago.
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