Role Filing Pattern
Research Technician appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Research Technician 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 Technician (SOC 19-4021.00, Biological Technicians) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 filing records. Filed base wages span $40,248 to $55,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $50,000. 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
$50,000
H-1B LCA Filings
40LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$55,000
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, The University of Chicago, and WINIFRED MASTERSON BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 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 New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Chicago, IL, White Plains, NY, and Washington, DC. 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$40,248
P25$41,808
Median$50,000
P75$51,000
Max$55,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 8
- 7
- 4
- The University of Chicago$56,0003
- 2
- Georgetown University$45,6772
- University of Pittsburgh$40,4642
- 2
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute$47,5662
- 2
- 1
- University of Georgia$34,6531
- 1
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Pasadena, CA$64,2721
- Chicago, IL$56,0003
- New York, NY$54,85013
- White Plains, NY$50,0002
- Brooklyn, NY$49,0001
- Boston, MA$47,5662
- Washington, DC$45,6772
- Philadelphia, PA$45,4488
- Indianapolis, IN$40,6542
- Pittsburgh, PA$40,4642
- Memphis, TN$39,7281
- Athens, GA$34,6531
- Syracuse, NYN/A1
- Richmond, VAN/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Research Technician?
The median filed base salary for Research Technician H-1B LCA records is $50,000 per year.
How many Research Technician H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 40 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Research Technician role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Research Technician?
Top employers filing LCAs for Research Technician include: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College.
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