Role Filing Pattern
Research Specialist appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 100 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Specialist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-4061.00
SOC Category: Social Science Research Assistants
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Research Specialist (SOC 19-4061.00, Social Science Research Assistants) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 100 filing records. Filed base wages span $43,264 to $110,313 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $76,994. 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
$76,994
H-1B LCA Filings
100LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$110,313
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 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin System, NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, University of Illinois Chicago, and Northwestern 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 Chicago, IL, Ashburn, VA, New York, NY, Madison, WI, and Atlanta, GA. 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$43,264
P25$50,648
Median$76,994
P75$85,000
Max$110,313
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 31
- 8
- 7
- 7
- Northwestern University$59,7175
- Emory University$39,5205
- Brigham and Women's Hospital$69,8504
- The Rockefeller University$70,0003
- The University of Iowa$74,3153
- 3M Company$143,2102
- 2
- The J. Paul Getty Trust$71,0001
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE$124,0001
Filed Wage by City
- Ashburn, VA$110,3138
- La Jolla, CA$97,5002
- Berkeley, CA$90,3952
- New York, NY$81,6788
- Chapel Hill, NC$81,1252
- FARGO, ND$72,0005
- Boston, MA$70,0005
- Los Angeles, CA$67,3242
- Chicago, IL$64,93813
- Madison, WI$50,4298
- Arlington, VA$48,1522
- Atlanta, GA$39,5205
- Evanston, ILN/A2
- Memphis, TNN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Specialist?
The median filed base salary for Research Specialist H-1B LCA records is $76,994 per year.
How many Research Specialist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 100 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Specialist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Specialist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Specialist include: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin System, NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
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