H-1B demand profile: Computer Systems Analysts, R&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1218-00, employers filed 82 Labor Condition Applications for Computer Systems Analysts, R&D positions across 39 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 96.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Computer Systems Analysts, R&D among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Computer Systems Analysts, R&D. Offered wages on LCAs range from $56,700 at the floor to $239,200 at the ceiling, with an average of $86,701. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Computer Systems Analysts, R&D. The top sponsor is Iowa State University of Science and Technology with 9 petitions at an average offered wage of $82,106, followed by Duke University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Eastern Illinois University. Geographically, TX leads with 11 filings (avg $78,107), followed by MA, NY, IA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Computer Systems Analysts, R&D actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.