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Assistant Research Scientist in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Assistant Research Scientist
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
107
Median offered wage
$66,982
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$66,982certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202225
FY202324
FY202424
FY202524
FY2026*10
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
5

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. NYU Grossman School of Medicine65
  2. New York University21
  3. Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.19
  4. Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, Inc.1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $66,982; middle half $57,606 to $77,002 · median prevailing wage $55,276 (marker) · 104 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I83
  2. Level II16
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV2

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 New York City is 6.0% below 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 New York City
10.5%
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

The New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Assistant Research Scientist" ranks #134 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Assistant Research Scientist in New York City
134
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Data Scientist1,392
  8. Senior Associate1,297
  9. Manager1,055
  10. Software Development Engineer II967