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Social Science Research Assistants

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-4061 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-4061
Share of U.S. applications
0.06%
Applications on record
7,342
FY2025
481
Median offered wage
$64,356
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$64,356certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Social Science Research Assistants (SOC 19-4061). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Social Science Research Assistants

258516FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
258516FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20088
FY200994
FY2010463
FY2011516
FY2012441
FY2013351
FY2014385
FY2015444
FY2016405
FY2017453
FY2018421
FY2019406
FY2020376
FY2021358
FY2022476
FY2023399
FY2024476
FY2025481
FY2026*389
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*32861
FY202544635
FY20244688
FY202338910
FY202245620
FY202131939
FY202036115
FY201939511
FY201840813
FY20174458
FY20164005
FY20154395
FY20143805
FY201334011
FY201242021
FY201149620
FY201044914
FY20098212
FY200808
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. The Sphere Institute508
  2. Johns Hopkins University233
  3. Acumen LLC127
  4. Atlantic Council91
  5. New York University91
  6. National Bureau of Economic Research91
  7. Georgetown University87
  8. The Trustees of Princeton University83
  9. Center for Strategic and International Studies82
  10. University of Michigan79
  11. Kroll Associates, Inc.77
  12. The Brookings Institution70
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Social Science Research Assistants: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
DC1,518
CA948
NY881
MD563
MA484
VA407
TX315
IL282
PA198
NJ193
MI172
FL137
OH114
GA104
CO75
MN72
CT67
NC67
WA65
IN57
TN54
AR53
UT51
IA45
OR42
WI41
MO38
AZ38
LA28
KS27
NH23
AL19
NE19
SC17
OK16
NM14
MS12
HI12
KY12
RI11
DE10
WV9
ID6
ME4
NV4
AK4
VI4
SD3
ND3
VT2
PR1
WY1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,023
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ887
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA532
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH466
  5. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD342
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN268
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA187
  8. Trenton-Princeton, NJ120
  9. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD120
  10. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA105
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, FY2024–FY2026.

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

Median $64,356; middle half $56,000 to $75,000 · median prevailing wage $53,685 (marker) · 1,199 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I329
  2. Level II384
  3. Level III278
  4. Level IV212
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate788
  2. Research Assistant600
  3. Research Analyst274
  4. Data and Policy Analyst I143
  5. Social Science Research Assistant104
  6. Data and Policy Analyst II82
  7. Data and Policy Analyst III73
  8. Research Specialist72
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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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