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Computer and Information Research Scientists in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1221 · CBSA 41620

Occupation
Computer and Information Research Scientists (SOC 15-1221)
Metropolitan area
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
Applications FY2020–FY2026
83
Median offered wage
$130,499
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median wage$130,499certified 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Computer and Information Research Scientists in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT: applications by fiscal year

1224FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202015
FY202112
FY202224
FY20239
FY202411
FY20258
FY2026*4
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*40
FY202571
FY2024101
FY202372
FY2022222
FY2021120
FY2020150

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. University of Utah75
  2. CaptionCall, LLC7
  3. NVIDIA Corporation6
  4. Lucid Software Inc.5
  5. Ihc Health Services, Inc.4
  6. Numira, Inc3
  7. Snap Finance, LLC.3
  8. Zions Bank / Zmsc3
  9. O'Neil Digital Solutions, LLC2
  10. nView medical, Inc2

Pay

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

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

Median $130,499; middle half $80,000 to $152,821 · median prevailing wage $102,690 (marker) · 27 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III9
  4. Level IV5
Job titles
  1. Research Scientist11
  2. Research Associate7
  3. Speech Scientist II5
  4. Research Assistant Professor4
  5. Machine Learning Scientist4
  6. Principal Software Design Engineer3
  7. Postdoctoral Research Associate3
  8. Applied Scientist I2

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; Salt Lake City-Murray, UT accounts for 0.27% of them, and its median offered wage is 27.0% 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
0.27%
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