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Research Scientist in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Research Scientist
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
301
Median offered wage
$70,000
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$70,000certified 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 Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

3264FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3264FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202259
FY202359
FY202464
FY202563
FY2026*56
Certified (decided applications)
99.0%
Employers filing
22
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 Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center179
  2. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston48
  3. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute25
  4. W.M. Rice University15
  5. Texas Heart Institute4
  6. The University of Houston4
  7. UIH America, Inc.4
  8. Chevron Corporation3
  9. DataInfoCom USA Inc.2
  10. Texas A&m University2
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 $70,000; middle half $64,400 to $77,778 · median prevailing wage $52,104 (marker) · 292 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I135
  2. Level II31
  3. Level III19
  4. Level IV12
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 Houston is 40.9% 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 Houston
3.3%
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 Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Research Scientist" ranks #7 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Research Scientist in Houston
7
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Assistant Professor763
  4. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  6. Data Engineer341
  7. Manager301
  8. Data Scientist272
  9. Architect268
  10. Instructor261
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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