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Associate Academic Research Scientist in Atlanta, GA

Job title · Atlanta, Georgia

Job title as filed
Associate Academic Research Scientist
City
Atlanta, Georgia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
108
Median offered wage
$72,000
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$72,000certified 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 "Associate Academic Research Scientist" and a worksite in Atlanta.

Applications by fiscal year

1326FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1326FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202220
FY202323
FY202419
FY202526
FY2026*20
Certified (decided applications)
99.1%
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. Emory University108
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 $72,000; middle half $66,685 to $76,877 · median prevailing wage $63,627 (marker) · 107 applications.

$60k$65k$70k$75k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II90
  3. Level III1
  4. Level IV15
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 "Associate Academic Research Scientist" appears on 112 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1 employers for worksites in 3 cities; the median offered wage is $72,411, so the median in Atlanta is 0.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
112
Employers nationwide
1
Cities with filings
3
National median offered wage
$72,411
Share of national filings in Atlanta
96.4%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Academic Research Scientist
  1. Atlanta, GA108
  2. San Diego, CA3
  3. Decatur, GA1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Atlanta job market

Atlanta has 43,840 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,868 job titles and 4,452 employers; "Associate Academic Research Scientist" ranks #43 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Atlanta, all job titles
43,840
Job titles filed
10,868
Rank of Associate Academic Research Scientist in Atlanta
43
Median offered wage in Atlanta, all job titles
$109,283
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Atlanta
  1. Software Engineer1,952
  2. Software Developer1,697
  3. Assistant Professor684
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow555
  5. Senior Software Engineer542
  6. Architect530
  7. Software Engineering489
  8. Analyst385
  9. Manager363
  10. Associate338
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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