Role Filing Pattern
Scientist I appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 142 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Scientist I 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
Scientist I (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 142 filing records. Filed base wages span $63,000 to $112,549 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $84,872. 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
$84,872
H-1B LCA Filings
142LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$112,549
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 Wisconsin System, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, ALLEN INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, and Dana-Farber Cancer 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 Madison, WI, Birmingham, AL, Seattle, WA, Cambridge, MA, and Boston, MA. 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$63,000
P25$68,000
Median$84,872
P75$89,370
Max$112,549
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 52
- 17
- ALLEN INSTITUTE$83,82112
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$57,8465
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute$89,3705
- 3
- 3
- 3
- MOMA Therapeutics, Inc$110,0002
- Tessera Therapeutics$120,5702
- ABBVIE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC.$118,5002
- KBI Biopharma, Inc.$97,4332
- CZ Biohub SF, LLC$112,5492
- 2
- Azenta, Inc.$83,8582
Filed Wage by City
- San Carlos, CA$145,7502
- South San Francisco, CA$139,5005
- Lexington, MA$134,6803
- Somerville, MA$120,5702
- San Francisco, CA$112,5493
- Cambridge, MA$107,5008
- Boston, MA$103,0008
- Frederick, MD$94,7863
- La Jolla, CA$88,0003
- South Plainfield, NJ$83,8582
- Seattle, WA$83,82112
- Madison, WI$73,95853
- Birmingham, AL$70,76616
- Lexington, KY$56,5984
- 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Scientist I?
The median filed base salary for Scientist I H-1B LCA records is $84,872 per year.
How many Scientist I H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 142 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Scientist I role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Scientist I?
Top employers filing LCAs for Scientist I include: University of Wisconsin System, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, ALLEN INSTITUTE.
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