Cato Research — 11 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2024)
- 1
- Filings · FY2024
- $110k
- Median base · FY2024
- Senior Programmer
- Top role · 3 all-time
- NC
- Top state · 5 all-time
Cato Research filed 1 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2024 (down 67% from the year before), with a median base salary of $110k and the middle 50% of offers between $110k and $110k. Across all years it has 11 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Senior Programmer in North Carolina.
How much does Cato Research pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $110k median in FY2024. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Cato Research's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2020 → 1 in FY2024. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 1 | −67% | $110k |
| FY2023 | 3 | −50% | $176k |
| FY2022 | 6 | +500% | $78k |
| FY2020 | 1 | — | $71k |
Which wage levels does Cato Research file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 27% of Cato Research's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 11 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I36.4%4
- Level II36.4%4
- Level III9.1%1
- Level IV18.2%2
What jobs does Cato Research sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Programmer | 3 | $78k |
| Associate Director-Quantitative Systems Pharmacology | 2 | $176k |
| Pharmacokineticist II | 1 | $110k |
| Program Manager 1 | 1 | $70k |
| Programming Speciaist | 1 | $64k |
| Statistical Programmer I | 1 | $85k |
| Senior Clinical Research Associate | 1 | $125k |
| Biostatistician | 1 | $71k |
Where does Cato Research hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| NC | 5 | $85k |
| OR | 4 | $78k |
| GA | 1 | $125k |
| NJ | 1 | $110k |
What has Cato Research filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Cato Research: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pharmacokineticist II | $109,980 |
| 2023 | Statistical Programmer I | $84,500 |
| 2023 | Associate Director-Quantitative Systems Pharmacology | $176,385 |
| 2023 | Associate Director-Quantitative Systems Pharmacology | $176,385 |
| 2022 | Senior Programmer | $78,000 |
| 2022 | Program Manager 1 | $70,000 |
| 2022 | Senior Programmer | $78,000 |
| 2022 | Senior Programmer | $78,000 |
| 2022 | Senior Clinical Research Associate | $125,000 |
| 2022 | Programming Speciaist | $64,199 |
| 2020 | Biostatistician | $70,616 |
Common questions about Cato Research's H-1B filings
- How much does Cato Research pay H-1B workers?
- Cato Research's median certified H-1B base salary is $110k (FY2024), from 1 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Cato Research sponsor?
- Cato Research has 11 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2024).
- What jobs does Cato Research sponsor for H-1B?
- Cato Research's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Programmer, Associate Director-Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, Pharmacokineticist II, Program Manager 1.
- Where does Cato Research hire H-1B workers?
- Cato Research's top H-1B worksite states are NC, OR, GA, NJ.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2020–FY2024). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →