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Staff Scientist in St. Louis, MO

Job title · St. Louis, Missouri

Job title as filed
Staff Scientist
City
St. Louis, Missouri
Applications FY2022–FY2026
444
Median offered wage
$63,197
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$63,197certified 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 "Staff Scientist" and a worksite in St. Louis.

Applications by fiscal year

60120FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
60120FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202259
FY202381
FY202499
FY2025120
FY2026*85
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
3
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. Washington University in ST. Louis441
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC2
  3. Vandeventer Place Research Foundation1
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 $63,197; middle half $60,000 to $67,716 · median prevailing wage $56,368 (marker) · 435 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I299
  2. Level II141
  3. Level III4
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 "Staff Scientist" appears on 1,898 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 129 employers for worksites in 105 cities; the median offered wage is $75,000, so the median in St. Louis is 15.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,898
Employers nationwide
129
Cities with filings
105
National median offered wage
$75,000
Share of national filings in St. Louis
23.4%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Scientist
  1. St. Louis, MO444
  2. Bethesda, MD255
  3. La Jolla, CA175
  4. Duarte, CA123
  5. Houston, TX86
  6. Chicago, IL83
  7. Seattle, WA71
  8. The Bronx, NY63
  9. Rochester, NY47
  10. Jupiter, FL39
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The St. Louis job market

St. Louis has 9,596 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,923 job titles and 1,591 employers; "Staff Scientist" ranks #1 by applications, with 4.6% of them.

Applications in St. Louis, all job titles
9,596
Job titles filed
2,923
Rank of Staff Scientist in St. Louis
1
Median offered wage in St. Louis, all job titles
$90,000
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in St. Louis
  1. Software Developer413
  2. Assistant Professor331
  3. Postdoctoral Research Associate300
  4. Software Engineer219
  5. Instructor162
  6. Senior Scientist105
  7. Clinical Fellow Associate73
  8. Senior Software Engineer72
  9. SR. Software Engineer71
  10. Computer Programmer62
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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