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Computer and Information Research Scientists in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 26420

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Applications FY2020–FY2026
245
Median offered wage
$140,000
Certified (last three years)
98.2%
Median wage$140,000certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Computer and Information Research Scientists with a worksite in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX: applications by fiscal year

2651FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2651FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202051
FY202130
FY202249
FY202321
FY202424
FY202536
FY2026*34
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*304
FY2025360
FY2024222
FY2023201
FY2022481
FY2021300
FY2020501
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Schlumberger Technology Corporation71
  2. The University of Houston42
  3. Pros, Inc.31
  4. Utegration, LLC31
  5. Landmark Graphics Corporation27
  6. W.M. Rice University26
  7. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.19
  8. Baylor College of Medicine17
  9. Quantlab Financial, LLC15
  10. Hewlett-packard Company14
  11. Bot Auto CA Inc14
  12. Microsoft Corporation12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $140,000; middle half $115,586 to $197,381 · median prevailing wage $115,586 (marker) · 103 applications.

$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I21
  2. Level II39
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV29
Job titles
  1. Data Scientist38
  2. Research Scientist9
  3. Data and Applied Scientist8
  4. Associate Director - Senior Research Scientist8
  5. Scientist II8
  6. Scientist I6
  7. Postdoctoral Fellow5
  8. Senior Scientist5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Computer and Information Research Scientists appears on 31,258 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 3,457 employers in 233 metropolitan areas; Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX accounts for 0.78% of them, and its median offered wage is 21.7% below the national median of $178,859.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
31,258
Metropolitan areas with filings
233
Employers nationwide
3,457
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$178,859
Share in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
0.78%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Computer and Information Research Scientists
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA6,308
  2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA5,786
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,359
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,637
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,653
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA896
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN685
  8. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA665
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX504
  10. Pittsburgh, PA479
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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