Social Science Research Assistants
SOC Code: 19-4061.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 1,575 H-1B LCA filings for Social Science Research Assistants from 408 employer filers, with a 97.5% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $67,139. The highest-volume worksite state is DC with 247 filings. The highest-volume filer is The Sphere Institute. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Social Science Research Assistants. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-4061.00, the extract lists 1,575 Labor Condition Application filings from 408 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.5% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Social Science Research Assistants ranks #114 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 10% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Social Science Research Assistants. The highest-volume employer filer is The Sphere Institute with 182 filings at an average listed offered wage of $84,124, followed by Johns Hopkins University, New York University, The University of Texas at Austin. Geographically, DC leads with 247 filings (average listed wage $70,528), followed by CA, NY, TX. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Social Science Research Assistants
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| The Sphere Institute | 182 | $84,124 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 41 | $68,126 |
| New York University | 34 | $71,450 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 31 | $70,796 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | 28 | $72,138 |
| Georgetown University | 28 | $78,000 |
| Michigan State University | 26 | $59,687 |
| Texas A&M University | 25 | $54,963 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | 25 | $65,048 |
| Research Foundation of Cuny | 22 | $71,287 |
| The Atlantic Council | 20 | $56,391 |
| The College of William and Mary | 20 | $60,301 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 20 | $64,408 |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc. | 19 | $61,079 |
| Northwestern University | 16 | $65,014 |
| The Asia Society | 14 | $64,093 |
| The Brookings Institution | 14 | $59,195 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 14 | $59,928 |
| Colorado Seminary | 12 | $49,804 |
| The University of Chicago | 12 | $60,986 |
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