Role Filing Pattern
Senior Research Specialist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 22 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Senior Research 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
Senior Research Specialist (SOC 19-4061.00, Social Science Research Assistants) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 22 filing records. Filed base wages span $50,000 to $120,411 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $72,211. 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
$72,211
H-1B LCA Filings
22LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$120,411
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 Trustees of Princeton University, Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division, THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, University of Pittsburgh, and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. 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 PRINCETON, NJ, Buffalo, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, Collegeville, PA, and College Station, TX. 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$50,000
P25$57,000
Median$72,211
P75$84,843
Max$120,411
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 5
- 4
- THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY$122,8863
- University of Pittsburgh$50,0003
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research$85,0001
- Sanford$56,0561
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Freeport, TX$122,8861
- Collegeville, PA$120,4111
- College Station, TX$85,0001
- Los Angeles, CA$84,8431
- Buffalo, NY$74,2544
- Peoria, IL$68,3341
- Memphis, TN$60,2361
- PRINCETON, NJ$57,5004
- Sioux Falls, SD$56,0561
- Columbia, MO$53,0401
- Pittsburgh, PA$50,0003
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Senior Research Specialist?
The median filed base salary for Senior Research Specialist H-1B LCA records is $72,211 per year.
How many Senior Research Specialist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 22 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Senior Research Specialist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Senior Research Specialist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Senior Research Specialist include: The Trustees of Princeton University, Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division, THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY.
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