Role Filing Pattern
Visiting Research Specialist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 10 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Visiting Research Specialist 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
Visiting Research Specialist (SOC 19-1021.00, Biochemists and Biophysicists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 10 filing records. Filed base wages span $40,666 to $63,960 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $64,980. 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
$64,980
H-1B LCA Filings
10LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$63,960
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 Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois, and University of Illinois at Chicago. 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 Chicago, IL, Urbana, IL, and Champaign, IL. 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$40,666
P25$53,000
Median$64,980
P75$58,926
Max$63,960
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- 6
- University of Illinois$53,0003
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Chicago, IL$66,0007
- Champaign, IL$40,6661
- Urbana, ILN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Visiting Research Specialist?
The median filed base salary for Visiting Research Specialist H-1B LCA records is $64,980 per year.
How many Visiting Research Specialist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 10 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Visiting Research Specialist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Visiting Research Specialist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Visiting Research Specialist include: University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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