Research and science

Social Science Research Assistants: who sponsors, and what they pay

Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.

Certified LCAs

262

H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3

Median wage offered

$66,625

per year

Middle half earn

$59K to $81K

25th to 75th percentile

Employers filing

148

Employers filing for Social Science Research Assistants

Employer	LCAs	Median wage
The Sphere Institute Burlingame	22	$85,000
Texas A&M University College Station	7	$60,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington	6	$74,359
The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton	6	$66,624
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc. Washington	5	$63,253
Michigan State University East Lansing	5	$60,630
New York University New York	4	$78,263
Apprise Incorporated Princeton	4	$70,114
Research Foundation of CUNY New York	4	$74,363
The Brookings Institution Washington	4	$59,000
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham	4	$60,274
The University of Texas at Austin Austin	4	$67,500
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore	4	$75,667
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati	3	$61,486
Georgetown University Washington	3	$72,000

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Source: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 4 Oct 2026