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Research Associate in Menlo Park, CA

Job title · Menlo Park, California

Job title as filed
Research Associate
City
Menlo Park, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
47
Median offered wage
$78,853
Most common occupation
Physicists
Median wage$78,853certified 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 Menlo Park.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20224
FY20238
FY202413
FY202514
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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 Leland Stanford, Jr University42
  2. Cornerstone Research, Inc.2
  3. The Social Capital Partnership, LLC2
  4. Akoya Biosciences, 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 $78,853; middle half $62,462 to $83,075 · median prevailing wage $72,426 (marker) · 47 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I38
  2. Level II8
  3. Level III1
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 Menlo Park is 16.6% above 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 Menlo Park
0.7%
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 Menlo Park job market

Menlo Park has 15,692 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,011 job titles and 642 employers; "Research Associate" ranks #24 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Menlo Park, all job titles
15,692
Job titles filed
2,011
Rank of Research Associate in Menlo Park
24
Median offered wage in Menlo Park, all job titles
$190,000
National median wage, Physicists (all job titles)
$82,000
Other job titles in Menlo Park
  1. Software Engineer6,399
  2. Research Scientist956
  3. Data Scientist698
  4. Data Engineer535
  5. Production Engineer404
  6. Product Manager321
  7. Software Engineering Manager306
  8. Senior Software Engineer242
  9. Associate175
  10. Product Designer142
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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