Role Filing Pattern
Visiting Scientist appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 26 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Visiting Scientist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 19-1029.01
SOC Category: Bioinformatics Scientists
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Visiting Scientist (SOC 19-1029.01, Bioinformatics Scientists) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 26 filing records. Filed base wages span $74,972 to $124,531 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $101,604. 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
$101,604
H-1B LCA Filings
26LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$124,531
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 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION and Food and Drug Administration, HHS. 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 Jefferson, AR, Silver Spring, MD, College Park, MD, Dallas, TX, and Detroit, 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$74,972
P25$82,226
Median$101,604
P75$110,384
Max$124,531
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION$102,76821
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Filed Wage by City
- College Park, MD$125,8271
- Silver Spring, MD$122,0076
- Dallas, TX$102,7681
- Jefferson, AR$86,96216
- Detroit, MIN/A1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Visiting Scientist?
The median filed base salary for Visiting Scientist H-1B LCA records is $101,604 per year.
How many Visiting Scientist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 26 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Visiting Scientist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Visiting Scientist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Visiting Scientist include: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
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