SOC 19-4061

Social Science Research Assistants Visa Sponsoring Employers

Compare U.S. employers using LCA filing history from FY2022 through FY2026 Q3 YTD for Social Science Research Assistants.

5-period LCA filings

1,885

Employers

514

Median reported wage

$63,000

Filing history

FY2022–FY2026 Q3 YTD

FY2026 is partial through Q3

FY2022

439

FY2023

367

FY2024

405

FY2025

402

FY2026 Q3

272

Explore sponsors by state

Compare employers for this occupation in states with meaningful historical filing activity.

District of Columbia · 356 filings California · 270 filings New York · 242 filings Texas · 116 filings Massachusetts · 91 filings Illinois · 81 filings Maryland · 80 filings Virginia · 77 filings New Jersey · 67 filings Michigan · 61 filings Pennsylvania · 55 filings Minnesota · 33 filings Colorado · 28 filings Florida · 27 filings

Employers to research

Compare relevant filing volume with historical consistency and recent activity.

#	Employer	5-period filings	Active	Recent streak	FY2026 Q3	Median wage
1	The Sphere Institute	241	5/5	5	22	$79,633
2	Johns Hopkins University	38	5/5	5	4	$67,480
3	New York University	37	5/5	5	2	$69,275
4	The University of Texas at Austin	33	5/5	5	8	$60,000
5	Center for Strategic and International Studies	30	5/5	5	7	$66,760
6	Texas A&M University	29	5/5	5	7	$55,844
7	University of Michigan	29	5/5	5	2	$56,000
8	The Trustees of Princeton University	28	5/5	5	6	$61,811
9	Georgetown University	27	5/5	5	4	$77,500
10	The Atlantic Council	25	4/5	4	0	$53,800
11	Atlantic Council of the United States Inc.	24	4/5	3	6	$58,000
12	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY	24	5/5	5	4	$69,844
13	The College of William and Mary	24	5/5	5	3	$61,250
14	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	23	5/5	5	6	$59,160
15	Boston College	19	4/5	1	1	$63,852
16	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	18	5/5	5	3	$65,000
17	Northwestern University	17	5/5	5	2	$63,000
18	The Brookings Institution	16	5/5	5	4	$55,750
19	The Urban Institute	14	5/5	5	1	$81,090
20	The Asia Society	14	5/5	5	2	$65,650
21	APPRISE INCORPORATED	12	4/5	1	5	$67,500
22	Chapin Hall Center for Children	12	4/5	1	1	$71,000
23	Colorado Seminary	11	4/5	4	0	$44,366
24	The University of Chicago	11	4/5	1	2	$60,000
25	University of Wisconsin System	11	5/5	5	1	$61,008
26	Human Services Research Institute, Inc.	10	4/5	1	2	$69,675
27	Kroll Associates, Inc.	10	4/5	1	1	$72,500
28	National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.	10	4/5	4	0	$59,250
29	Purdue University	10	4/5	4	0	$55,780
30	The Leland Stanford, Jr University	10	3/5	2	0	$63,000
31	The University of Kansas	10	4/5	4	0	$65,000
32	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	10	4/5	2	4	$64,000
33	University of Minnesota	10	3/5	1	2	$58,573
34	University of Oregon	10	4/5	4	0	$52,499
35	US-ASEAN Business Council, Inc.	10	5/5	5	1	$54,319
36	American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research	9	4/5	4	0	$60,000
37	The University of Virginia	9	5/5	5	1	$55,000
38	University of Maryland Baltimore	9	4/5	4	0	$62,652
39	WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE	9	4/5	2	1	$74,900
40	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	8	2/5	1	2	$58,058
41	Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	8	5/5	5	2	$50,000
42	Cato Institute	8	3/5	3	0	$56,125
43	Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	8	4/5	3	2	$51,683
44	Utah State University	8	4/5	1	2	$60,000
45	Yerezhepova Law, PC	8	1/5	1	0	$55,651
46	Human Rights Watch	8	4/5	1	2	$68,000
47	Georgia State University	7	3/5	1	0	$75,000
48	Temple University--A Commonwealth University	7	4/5	4	2	$53,000
49	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	7	2/5	1	5	$56,649
50	University of Colorado	7	3/5	3	3	$67,600
51	University of Utah	7	1/5	1	0	$70,000
52	Vayu Global Health Foundation Inc.	7	4/5	4	0	$53,152
53	California State University, San Bernardino	6	3/5	3	0	$60,012
54	Georgia Institute of Technology	6	4/5	4	0	$60,000
55	Innovations for Poverty Action	6	5/5	5	1	$100,479
56	Institute for Security and Technology	6	1/5	1	0	$71,000
57	Inter-American Dialogue	6	3/5	3	0	$49,970
58	International Crisis Group	6	3/5	1	0	$93,200
59	Kennedy Krieger Institute	6	3/5	3	1	$58,027
60	Research Foundation for the State University of New York	6	4/5	4	0	$38,000
61	RESOLVE, INC.	6	2/5	1	0	$55,000
62	The Aspen Institute	6	4/5	1	1	$72,050
63	The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Kansas City	6	3/5	1	0	$47,332
64	University of Maryland College Park	6	4/5	1	1	$63,434
65	University of Notre Dame du Lac	6	3/5	2	0	$61,000
66	University of Pittsburgh	6	4/5	1	2	$51,476
67	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	6	4/5	2	1	$56,000
68	AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSTITUTE INC.	5	3/5	2	0	$65,000
69	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	5	3/5	3	1	$60,000
70	CENTER FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS	5	3/5	3	0	$36,254
71	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	5	2/5	2	2	$61,486
72	EPIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LLC	5	1/5	1	0	$45,900
73	Henry J Austin Health Center	5	3/5	2	2	$83,000
74	Texas A&M AgriLife Research	5	3/5	2	1	$50,000
75	The Pennsylvania State University	5	2/5	2	0	$55,008
76	University of California, Berkeley	5	3/5	2	1	$67,108
77	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	5	3/5	3	0	$78,894
78	University of North Texas Health Science Center	5	2/5	2	0	$52,416
79	University of North Texas Health Science Center-Fort Worth	5	2/5	2	0	$40,920
80	Virginia State University	5	2/5	1	0	$47,250
81	Public Policy Lab, Inc.	5	3/5	1	0	$94,000
82	Acumen LLC	4	2/5	2	0	$75,574
83	Amherst H Wilder Foundation	4	2/5	2	0	$56,056
84	Arizona State University	4	2/5	2	2	$63,472
85	Benten Technologies Inc.	4	2/5	1	0	$77,000
86	Brandeis University	4	3/5	3	0	$65,000
87	Clemson University	4	2/5	1	0	$60,875
88	Education Development Center	4	3/5	2	2	$73,199
89	EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.	4	2/5	2	0	$61,710
90	Elle Media, LLC	4	3/5	1	1	$55,000
91	Fordham University	4	3/5	3	0	$65,489
92	Institute for Child Success, Inc.	4	3/5	2	1	$54,500
93	Kelly Services, Inc.	4	2/5	2	0	$78,125
94	Morgan State University	4	1/5	1	0	$49,250
95	Nardello & Co. LLC	4	3/5	2	2	$90,000
96	North American Region of the Airports Council International	4	2/5	1	0	$59,520
97	Observer Research Foundation America	4	3/5	1	0	$48,000
98	PEW RESEARCH CENTER	4	3/5	1	1	$82,350
99	Swarthmore College	4	2/5	1	0	$58,906
100	The Difference Principle Inc.	4	1/5	1	0	$41,600

Results use LCA applications appearing in the available Department of Labor disclosure history, grouped by received fiscal year. FY2026 is partial through Q3. An LCA is not a USCIS visa approval, and historical activity does not guarantee current hiring or future sponsorship.