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Associate Scientist in Philadelphia, PA

Job title · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job title as filed
Associate Scientist
City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Applications FY2022–FY2026
52
Median offered wage
$65,000
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$65,000certified 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 Scientist" and a worksite in Philadelphia.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY202314
FY20249
FY202511
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
5
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 University47
  2. WuXi Advanced Therapies Inc.2
  3. Fox Chase Cancer Center1
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 $65,000; middle half $60,250 to $70,000 · median prevailing wage $58,198 (marker) · 51 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I46
  2. Level II6
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 Philadelphia is 23.6% 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 Philadelphia
6.8%
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 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; "Associate Scientist" ranks #27 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Philadelphia, all job titles
15,436
Job titles filed
4,606
Rank of Associate Scientist in Philadelphia
27
Median offered wage in Philadelphia, all job titles
$95,701
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
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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