Survey Researchers
Occupation · SOC 2018 19-3022 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 19-3022
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.02%
- Applications on record
- 2,632
- FY2025
- 161
- Median offered wage
- $75,324
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.7%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Survey Researchers (SOC 19-3022). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Survey Researchers
Data table
| FY2008 | 7 |
| FY2009 | 19 |
| FY2010 | 89 |
| FY2011 | 106 |
| FY2012 | 75 |
| FY2013 | 117 |
| FY2014 | 135 |
| FY2015 | 133 |
| FY2016 | 145 |
| FY2017 | 172 |
| FY2018 | 193 |
| FY2019 | 228 |
| FY2020 | 195 |
| FY2021 | 192 |
| FY2022 | 210 |
| FY2023 | 157 |
| FY2024 | 148 |
| FY2025 | 161 |
| FY2026* | 150 |
| Fiscal year | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 137 | 13 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 148 | 11 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 137 | 9 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 140 | 16 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 202 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 182 | 10 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 179 | 16 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 207 | 21 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 173 | 20 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 148 | 24 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 108 | 37 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 98 | 35 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 109 | 26 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 114 | 3 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 69 | 6 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 93 | 13 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 77 | 12 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Google LLC199
- Facebook, Inc.160
- The Hanover Research Council LLC95
- Bpa International Inc87
- American Institutes for Research71
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine41
- Johns Hopkins University35
- University of Michigan25
- Yougov America, Inc.22
- University of Massachusetts Medical School21
- American Institutes for Research18
- The University of Texas at Austin17
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Survey Researchers: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 573 |
| NY | 570 |
| DC | 173 |
| FL | 156 |
| VA | 154 |
| MA | 102 |
| MD | 90 |
| NJ | 86 |
| TX | 85 |
| WA | 82 |
| MI | 65 |
| IL | 65 |
| NC | 49 |
| PA | 38 |
| CO | 25 |
| OH | 25 |
| WI | 24 |
| IN | 21 |
| CT | 19 |
| IA | 18 |
| MN | 17 |
| GA | 17 |
| DE | 16 |
| NH | 16 |
| AZ | 15 |
| MO | 15 |
| OR | 13 |
| OK | 12 |
| AR | 12 |
| NM | 10 |
| HI | 9 |
| NE | 7 |
| KS | 6 |
| LA | 5 |
| AL | 5 |
| TN | 5 |
| NV | 5 |
| UT | 5 |
| WY | 4 |
| SC | 4 |
| MT | 3 |
| WV | 3 |
| RI | 2 |
| VT | 2 |
| KY | 2 |
| ME | 1 |
| PR | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ624
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV363
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA285
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA153
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA110
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL108
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA81
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH80
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN65
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD46
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $75,324; middle half $59,498 to $115,211 · median prevailing wage $61,048 (marker) · 407 applications.
- Level I158
- Level II105
- Level III65
- Level IV78
- Survey Researcher207
- Research Associate171
- Ux Researcher138
- User Experience Researcher65
- Researcher60
- Research Analyst55
- Data Analyst42
- Study Coordinator28
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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