Role Filing Pattern
Researcher appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 64 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Researcher H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1021.00
SOC Category: Biochemists and Biophysicists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Researcher (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 64 filing records. Filed base wages span $60,000 to $164,174 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $80,091. 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
$80,091
H-1B LCA Filings
64LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$164,174
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 Pennsylvania State University, General Hospital Corporation, Global Energy Monitor, ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, and Nevada Nanotech Systems Inc.. 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 Hershey, PA, Boston, MA, Charlestown, MA, Memphis, TN, and Chicago, IL. 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$60,000
P25$65,000
Median$80,091
P75$83,200
Max$164,174
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 16
- General Hospital Corporation$71,5457
- Global Energy Monitor$79,0407
- 3
- Nevada Nanotech Systems Inc.$66,6433
- NVIDIA Corporation$319,9873
- University of Louisville$64,6003
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- The Ohio State University$64,3921
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Philadelphia, PA$319,9873
- Los Angeles, CA$184,2422
- Duluth, GA$94,1411
- Boston, MA$81,8487
- San Diego, CA$79,0402
- Chicago, IL$75,0003
- Charlestown, MA$73,1494
- Hershey, PA$67,73816
- Sparks, NV$66,6432
- Louisville, KY$64,6003
- Wooster, OH$64,3921
- Memphis, TN$53,2693
- Omaha, NE$53,0001
- New York, NYN/A2
- 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Researcher?
The median filed base salary for Researcher H-1B LCA records is $80,091 per year.
How many Researcher H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 64 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Researcher role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Researcher?
Top employers filing LCAs for Researcher include: The Pennsylvania State University, General Hospital Corporation, Global Energy Monitor.
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