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Assistant Research Scientist in Tempe, AZ

Job title · Tempe, Arizona

Job title as filed
Assistant Research Scientist
City
Tempe, Arizona
Applications FY2022–FY2026
57
Median offered wage
$66,013
Most common occupation
Materials Scientists
Median wage$66,013certified 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 Tempe.

Applications by fiscal year

816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202213
FY202310
FY20247
FY202511
FY2026*16
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. Arizona State University57
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 $66,013; middle half $60,000 to $69,010 · median prevailing wage $51,771 (marker) · 56 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I54
  2. Level III2
  3. Level IV1
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 Tempe is 7.3% 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 Tempe
5.6%
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 Tempe job market

Tempe has 6,419 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,096 job titles and 1,072 employers; "Assistant Research Scientist" ranks #10 by applications, with 0.9% of them.

Applications in Tempe, all job titles
6,419
Job titles filed
2,096
Rank of Assistant Research Scientist in Tempe
10
Median offered wage in Tempe, all job titles
$105,280
National median wage, Materials Scientists (all job titles)
$84,000
Other job titles in Tempe
  1. Software Developer240
  2. Software Engineer208
  3. Assistant Professor194
  4. Software Development Engineer II146
  5. Postdoctoral Research Scholar136
  6. Software Development Engineer I112
  7. Senior Software Engineer76
  8. Data Engineer68
  9. Technology Lead - US62
  10. Software Dev Engineer I54
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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