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Research Scientist in Pittsburgh, PA

Job title · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job title as filed
Research Scientist
City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Applications FY2022–FY2026
152
Median offered wage
$74,604
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$74,604certified 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 Pittsburgh.

Applications by fiscal year

1836FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1836FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202234
FY202325
FY202436
FY202530
FY2026*27
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
13
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. University of Pittsburgh79
  2. Facebook, Inc.27
  3. Carnegie Mellon University19
  4. Allegheny Singer Research Institute7
  5. Google LLC5
  6. Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence3
  7. Leidos, Inc.3
  8. Robert Bosch LLC3
  9. NVIDIA Corporation2
  10. Epic Games, 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 $74,604; middle half $63,000 to $150,000 · median prevailing wage $56,368 (marker) · 148 applications.

$40k$85k$130k$175k$220k
$40k$85k$130k$175k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I98
  2. Level II15
  3. Level III22
  4. Level IV17
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 Pittsburgh is 37.0% 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 Pittsburgh
1.6%
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 Pittsburgh job market

Pittsburgh has 13,602 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 3,955 job titles and 1,766 employers; "Research Scientist" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in Pittsburgh, all job titles
13,602
Job titles filed
3,955
Rank of Research Scientist in Pittsburgh
6
Median offered wage in Pittsburgh, all job titles
$98,400
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Pittsburgh
  1. Software Developer875
  2. Software Engineer732
  3. Postdoctoral Associate334
  4. Assistant Professor276
  5. Senior Software Engineer194
  6. Architect128
  7. Senior Software Developer120
  8. Developer108
  9. Postdoctoral Research Associate106
  10. Resident - Internal Medicine99
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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