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Assistant Research Scientist in Ann Arbor, MI

Job title · Ann Arbor, Michigan

Job title as filed
Assistant Research Scientist
City
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Applications FY2022–FY2026
110
Median offered wage
$85,883
Most common occupation
Physicists
Median wage$85,883certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Assistant Research Scientist" and a worksite in Ann Arbor.

Applications by fiscal year

1733FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1733FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202222
FY202333
FY202419
FY202518
FY2026*18
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. University of Michigan110
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $85,883; middle half $78,794 to $92,243 · median prevailing wage $69,264 (marker) · 107 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I31
  2. Level II19
  3. Level III39
  4. Level IV10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Assistant Research Scientist" appears on 1,020 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 43 employers for worksites in 68 cities; the median offered wage is $71,240, so the median in Ann Arbor is 20.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,020
Employers nationwide
43
Cities with filings
68
National median offered wage
$71,240
Share of national filings in Ann Arbor
10.8%
Cities with the most applications for Assistant Research Scientist
  1. Baltimore, MD144
  2. Ann Arbor, MI110
  3. College Station, TX110
  4. New York City, NY107
  5. Iowa City, IA91
  6. College Park, MD78
  7. Tempe, AZ57
  8. Augusta, GA32
  9. Greenbelt, MD30
  10. Athens, GA27
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Ann Arbor job market

Ann Arbor has 5,788 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,523 job titles and 663 employers; "Assistant Research Scientist" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.9% of them.

Applications in Ann Arbor, all job titles
5,788
Job titles filed
1,523
Rank of Assistant Research Scientist in Ann Arbor
5
Median offered wage in Ann Arbor, all job titles
$83,554
National median wage, Physicists (all job titles)
$82,000
Other job titles in Ann Arbor
  1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow1,014
  2. Assistant Professor267
  3. Research Investigator254
  4. Software Engineer240
  5. Research Lab Specialist Associate109
  6. Software Developer105
  7. Research Lab Specialist Intermediate100
  8. Clinical Assistant Professor95
  9. Research Lab Specialist Senior63
  10. Leo Lecturer I54
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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