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Research Associate in Los Angeles, CA

Job title · Los Angeles, California

Job title as filed
Research Associate
City
Los Angeles, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
158
Median offered wage
$66,920
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$66,920certified 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 "Research Associate" and a worksite in Los Angeles.

Applications by fiscal year

2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202229
FY202331
FY202443
FY202533
FY2026*22
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
11
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 University of Southern California110
  2. Cedars-sinai Medical Center30
  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute4
  4. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles4
  5. Loyola Marymount University3
  6. Cornerstone Research, Inc.2
  7. Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation1
  8. Space Science Institute1
  9. BluePath Solutions, Inc.1
  10. National Economic Research Associates, Inc.1
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 $66,920; middle half $53,518 to $70,990 · median prevailing wage $60,445 (marker) · 157 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I87
  2. Level II42
  3. Level III20
  4. Level IV1
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 "Research Associate" appears on 6,937 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 686 employers for worksites in 411 cities; the median offered wage is $67,642, so the median in Los Angeles is 1.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
6,937
Employers nationwide
686
Cities with filings
411
National median offered wage
$67,642
Share of national filings in Los Angeles
2.3%
Cities with the most applications for Research Associate
  1. New York City, NY773
  2. Baltimore, MD523
  3. Philadelphia, PA389
  4. Charlottesville, VA258
  5. Cambridge, MA248
  6. Boston, MA237
  7. East Lansing, MI228
  8. Austin, TX193
  9. Rochester, MN190
  10. Chicago, IL184
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Los Angeles job market

Los Angeles has 19,929 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,000 job titles and 4,329 employers; "Research Associate" ranks #9 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Los Angeles, all job titles
19,929
Job titles filed
7,000
Rank of Research Associate in Los Angeles
9
Median offered wage in Los Angeles, all job titles
$107,869
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
Other job titles in Los Angeles
  1. Software Engineer663
  2. Associate319
  3. Assistant Professor291
  4. Postdoctoral Scholar256
  5. Senior Associate169
  6. Designer165
  7. Software Developer162
  8. Assistant Project Scientist160
  9. Manager147
  10. Senior Software Engineer135
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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