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Associate Research Scholar in Princeton, NJ

Job title · Princeton, New Jersey

Job title as filed
Associate Research Scholar
City
Princeton, New Jersey
Applications FY2022–FY2026
173
Median offered wage
$75,000
Most common occupation
Physicists
Median wage$75,000certified 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 Research Scholar" and a worksite in Princeton.

Applications by fiscal year

2448FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2448FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202229
FY202348
FY202426
FY202539
FY2026*31
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. The Trustees of Princeton University173
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 $75,000; middle half $69,468 to $81,865 · median prevailing wage $63,378 (marker) · 166 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I80
  2. Level II89
  3. Level III4
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 Research Scholar" appears on 211 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 5 employers for worksites in 10 cities; the median offered wage is $75,384, so the median in Princeton is 0.5% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
211
Employers nationwide
5
Cities with filings
10
National median offered wage
$75,384
Share of national filings in Princeton
82.0%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Research Scholar
  1. Princeton, NJ173
  2. New York City, NY20
  3. New Haven, CT11
  4. Oklahoma City, OK1
  5. Cambridge, MA1
  6. Manhattan, KS1
  7. Honolulu, HI1
  8. Arlington, VA1
  9. Berrien Springs, MI1
  10. Houston, TX1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Princeton job market

Princeton has 9,603 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,593 job titles and 1,144 employers; "Associate Research Scholar" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.8% of them.

Applications in Princeton, all job titles
9,603
Job titles filed
2,593
Rank of Associate Research Scholar in Princeton
4
Median offered wage in Princeton, all job titles
$102,093
National median wage, Physicists (all job titles)
$82,000
Other job titles in Princeton
  1. Software Developer833
  2. Software Engineer567
  3. Postdoctoral Research Associate444
  4. Senior Software Engineer136
  5. Assistant Professor103
  6. Software Engineer/architect83
  7. Data Engineer80
  8. Business Analyst79
  9. Vice President72
  10. Systems Engineer68
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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