Role Filing Pattern
Sr. Scientist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 27 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Sr. Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1029.02
SOC Category: Molecular and Cellular Biologists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Sr. Scientist (SOC 19-1029.02, Molecular and Cellular Biologists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 27 filing records. Filed base wages span $90,000 to $162,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $131,560. 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
$131,560
H-1B LCA Filings
27LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$162,000
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 ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Anwita Biosciences Inc, Uber Technologies, Inc., Amgen Inc., and ModernaTX, 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 Memphis, TN, San Carlos, CA, Cambridge, MA, South San Francisco, CA, and Redwood City, CA. 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$90,000
P25$104,000
Median$131,560
P75$138,778
Max$162,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 5
- Anwita Biosciences Inc$131,5603
- 2
- Amgen Inc.N/A2
- ModernaTX, Inc.$125,5001
- Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc.$130,0001
- 1
- The Clorox Services Company$105,0001
- Eli Lilly and Company$105,8471
- USWM CT, LLC$120,2111
- CATALENT INDIANA, LLC$94,6671
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- New York, NY$180,2001
- Redwood City, CA$162,0002
- Emeryville, CA$140,4761
- San Carlos, CA$131,5603
- Newark, CA$130,0001
- Cambridge, MA$122,8562
- Louisville, CO$105,8471
- Durham, NC$105,0001
- Memphis, TN$104,0005
- Bloomington, IN$94,6671
- Albuquerque, NM$92,6021
- Oklahoma City, OK$90,0001
- College Station, TX$75,0001
- 2
- Malden, MAN/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Sr. Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Sr. Scientist H-1B LCA records is $131,560 per year.
How many Sr. Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 27 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Sr. Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Sr. Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Sr. Scientist include: ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Anwita Biosciences Inc, Uber Technologies, Inc..
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