Role Filing Pattern
Sr. Research Scientist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 18 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Sr. Research Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1042.00
SOC Category: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Sr. Research Scientist (SOC 19-1042.00, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 18 filing records. Filed base wages span $74,000 to $201,094 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $115,556. 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
$115,556
H-1B LCA Filings
18LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$201,094
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 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Prelude Therapeutics, Inc., Databricks, Inc., Corning Research & Development Corporation, and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. 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 Houston, TX, Wilmington, DE, New York, NY, Painted Post, NY, and Worcester, 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$74,000
P25$80,184
Median$115,556
P75$125,000
Max$201,094
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 6
- Prelude Therapeutics, Inc.$125,0002
- Databricks, Inc.$212,3372
- 1
- 1
- 1
- Southwest Research Institute$106,1121
- Axon Enterprise, Inc.$237,0001
- 1
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Seattle, WA$237,0001
- New York, NY$212,3372
- Painted Post, NY$125,4861
- Wilmington, DE$125,0002
- San Antonio, TX$106,1121
- Houston, TX$91,3236
- Aurora, CO$80,1841
- Dallas, TX$77,2501
- Worcester, MA$74,0001
- 1
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Sr. Research Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Sr. Research Scientist H-1B LCA records is $115,556 per year.
How many Sr. Research Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 18 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Sr. Research Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Sr. Research Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Sr. Research Scientist include: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Prelude Therapeutics, Inc., Databricks, Inc..
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