Role Filing Pattern
Researcher 5 appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 9 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Researcher 5 H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2031.00
SOC Category: Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Researcher 5 (SOC 17-2031.00, Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 9 filing records. Filed base wages span $62,000 to $84,209 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $75,982. 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
$75,982
H-1B LCA Filings
9LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$84,209
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 Minnesota. 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 Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, Saint Paul, MN, and St. Paul, MN. 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$62,000
P25$64,647
Median$75,982
P75$75,982
Max$84,209
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- University of Minnesota$75,9829
Filed Wage by City
- St. Paul, MN$75,9821
- Minneapolis, MN$72,8625
- Saint Paul, MN$64,6471
- Chicago, ILN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Researcher 5?
The median filed base salary for Researcher 5 H-1B LCA records is $75,982 per year.
How many Researcher 5 H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 9 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Researcher 5 role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Researcher 5?
Top employers filing LCAs for Researcher 5 include: University of Minnesota.
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