H-1B demand profile: Computer and Information Research Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1221, employers filed 82 Labor Condition Applications for Computer and Information Research Scientists positions across 17 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 97.6% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Computer and Information Research Scientists 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 and Information Research Scientists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $57,977 at the floor to $280,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $122,962. 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 and Information Research Scientists. The top sponsor is University of Michigan with 34 petitions at an average offered wage of $73,829, followed by IQVIA Inc, Meta Platforms, Inc, Performance Drone Works, LLC. Geographically, MI leads with 35 filings (avg $75,519), followed by NY, CA, NC. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Computer and Information Research Scientists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.