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Associate Scientist in Memphis, TN

Job title · Memphis, Tennessee

Job title as filed
Associate Scientist
City
Memphis, Tennessee
Applications FY2022–FY2026
36
Median offered wage
$65,520
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$65,520certified LCAs
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Associate Scientist" and a worksite in Memphis.

Applications by fiscal year

918FY2025FY2026*
918FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202518
FY2026*18
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. ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital36
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 $65,520; middle half $65,520 to $65,520 · median prevailing wage $63,627 (marker) · 36 applications.

$60k$65k$70k$75k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II33
  2. Level III3
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 Scientist" appears on 766 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 239 employers for worksites in 126 cities; the median offered wage is $85,116, so the median in Memphis is 23.0% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
766
Employers nationwide
239
Cities with filings
126
National median offered wage
$85,116
Share of national filings in Memphis
4.7%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Scientist
  1. Cambridge, MA78
  2. New York City, NY71
  3. Batavia, IL71
  4. Philadelphia, PA52
  5. Menlo Park, CA39
  6. Memphis, TN36
  7. Tarrytown, NY28
  8. Cranbury, NJ21
  9. Redwood City, CA17
  10. South San Francisco, CA16
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Memphis job market

Memphis has 6,190 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,075 job titles and 769 employers; "Associate Scientist" ranks #13 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Memphis, all job titles
6,190
Job titles filed
2,075
Rank of Associate Scientist in Memphis
13
Median offered wage in Memphis, all job titles
$86,320
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
Other job titles in Memphis
  1. Postdoctoral Research Associate369
  2. Assistant Professor248
  3. Software Developer197
  4. Scientist171
  5. Software Engineer103
  6. Postdoctoral Scholar74
  7. Lead Researcher66
  8. Clinical Fellow63
  9. Systems Engineer58
  10. Bioinformatics Research Scientist44
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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