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Assistant Scientist in Philadelphia, PA

Job title · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job title as filed
Assistant Scientist
City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Applications FY2022–FY2026
33
Median offered wage
$46,286
Most common occupation
Biological Technicians
Median wage$46,286certified 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 Scientist" and a worksite in Philadelphia.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20223
FY20239
FY20244
FY202512
FY2026*5
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. Temple University--a Commonwealth University33
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 $46,286; middle half $45,000 to $52,676 · median prevailing wage $44,325 (marker) · 32 applications.

$40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
$40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I33
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 Scientist" appears on 468 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 25 employers for worksites in 39 cities; the median offered wage is $70,359, so the median in Philadelphia is 34.2% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
468
Employers nationwide
25
Cities with filings
39
National median offered wage
$70,359
Share of national filings in Philadelphia
7.1%
Cities with the most applications for Assistant Scientist
  1. Gainesville, FL84
  2. Miami, FL83
  3. Madison, WI70
  4. Baltimore, MD52
  5. Philadelphia, PA33
  6. New York City, NY17
  7. Bloomington, IN16
  8. Indianapolis, IN15
  9. Lemont, IL15
  10. Detroit, MI10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Philadelphia job market

Philadelphia has 15,436 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,606 job titles and 1,960 employers; "Assistant Scientist" ranks #50 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Philadelphia, all job titles
15,436
Job titles filed
4,606
Rank of Assistant Scientist in Philadelphia
50
Median offered wage in Philadelphia, all job titles
$95,701
National median wage, Biological Technicians (all job titles)
$55,000
Other job titles in Philadelphia
  1. Senior Consultant579
  2. Manager444
  3. Research Associate389
  4. Postdoctoral Researcher331
  5. Software Developer300
  6. Software Engineer192
  7. Assistant Professor192
  8. Consultant180
  9. Engineer 4, Software Development & Engineering168
  10. Engineer 3, Software Development & Engineering155
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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