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Associate Research Scientist in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Associate Research Scientist
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
710
Median offered wage
$78,155
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$78,155certified 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 Scientist" and a worksite in New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

81161FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
81161FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022157
FY2023136
FY2024143
FY2025161
FY2026*113
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Columbia University618
  2. NYU Grossman School of Medicine51
  3. Simons Foundation21
  4. New York University16
  5. The Jackson Laboratory1
  6. New York Genome Center, Inc.1
  7. The Metropolitan Museum of Art1
  8. Precision Medicine Group, LLC1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $78,155; middle half $67,753 to $83,811 · median prevailing wage $71,500 (marker) · 677 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I65
  2. Level II46
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV3

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Associate Research Scientist" appears on 1,756 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 68 employers for worksites in 82 cities; the median offered wage is $75,000, so the median in New York City is 4.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,756
Employers nationwide
68
Cities with filings
82
National median offered wage
$75,000
Share of national filings in New York City
40.4%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Research Scientist
  1. New York City, NY710
  2. New Haven, CT616
  3. West Haven, CT46
  4. College Station, TX36
  5. Baltimore, MD36
  6. Boston, MA32
  7. Tempe, AZ17
  8. Lake Jackson, TX16
  9. Farmington, CT16
  10. Freeport, TX15

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; "Associate Research Scientist" ranks #18 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Associate Research Scientist in New York City
18
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