Role Filing Pattern
Research Support Specialist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Support 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 Support Specialist (SOC 19-4061.00, Social Science Research Assistants) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 filing records. Filed base wages span $38,000 to $53,206 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $45,136. 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
$45,136
H-1B LCA Filings
5LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$53,206
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 Research Foundation for the State University of New York, The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University, and RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY AT BUFFALO. 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 Stony Brook, NY, Syracuse, NY, and BUFFALO, NY. 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$38,000
P25$38,000
Median$45,136
P75$53,206
Max$53,206
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 3
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Syracuse, NY$56,3681
- BUFFALO, NY$53,2061
- Stony Brook, NY$38,0003
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Support Specialist?
The median filed base salary for Research Support Specialist H-1B LCA records is $45,136 per year.
How many Research Support Specialist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 5 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Support Specialist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Support Specialist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Support Specialist include: Research Foundation for the State University of New York, The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University, RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY AT BUFFALO.
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