Role Filing Pattern
Specialist - Research appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 8 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Specialist - Research 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
Specialist - Research (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 8 filing records. Filed base wages span $58,916 to $61,572 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $61,726. 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
$61,726
H-1B LCA Filings
8LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$61,572
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 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 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 East Lansing, MI. 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$58,916
P25$58,916
Median$61,726
P75$61,572
Max$61,572
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$61,7268
Filed Wage by City
- East Lansing, MI$61,7268
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Specialist - Research?
The median filed base salary for Specialist - Research H-1B LCA records is $61,726 per year.
How many Specialist - Research H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 8 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Specialist - Research role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Specialist - Research?
Top employers filing LCAs for Specialist - Research include: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
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$61,726 median wage
City filing this role
East Lansing, MI
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$61,726 median wage