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Research Scientist in Columbus, OH

Job title · Columbus, Ohio

Job title as filed
Research Scientist
City
Columbus, Ohio
Applications FY2022–FY2026
183
Median offered wage
$75,000
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$75,000certified 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 "Research Scientist" and a worksite in Columbus.

Applications by fiscal year

2447FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2447FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202347
FY202444
FY202532
FY2026*33
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8
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 Ohio State University123
  2. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital47
  3. Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation5
  4. Nationwide Children's Hospital3
  5. Upstart Network, Inc.2
  6. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.1
  7. Boston Medical Center Corporation1
  8. Facebook, 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 $75,000; middle half $69,160 to $87,000 · median prevailing wage $65,083 (marker) · 181 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I58
  2. Level II62
  3. Level III45
  4. Level IV4
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 Scientist" appears on 9,242 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 822 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $118,398, so the median in Columbus is 36.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
9,242
Employers nationwide
822
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$118,398
Share of national filings in Columbus
2.0%
Cities with the most applications for Research Scientist
  1. Menlo Park, CA956
  2. New York City, NY729
  3. Cambridge, MA652
  4. Mountain View, CA439
  5. Bellevue, WA344
  6. Boston, MA305
  7. Houston, TX301
  8. Seattle, WA273
  9. Sunnyvale, CA248
  10. Santa Clara, CA202
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Columbus job market

Columbus has 13,039 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 3,282 job titles and 1,809 employers; "Research Scientist" ranks #9 by applications, with 1.4% of them.

Applications in Columbus, all job titles
13,039
Job titles filed
3,282
Rank of Research Scientist in Columbus
9
Median offered wage in Columbus, all job titles
$101,899
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
Other job titles in Columbus
  1. Software Developer795
  2. Software Engineer510
  3. Vice President, Lead Software Engineer261
  4. Assistant Professor210
  5. Post Doctoral Scholar205
  6. Developer203
  7. Associate, Software Engineer202
  8. Vice President, Software Engineer186
  9. Associate, Software Engineer III149
  10. Architect147
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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