H1B Visa Data for Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (NAICS code 54172) has an average growth rate of 0.44% as an H1B industry with 777 employees hired as of 2024

Top Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Cogstate Inc.	6	$56,663
Education Analytics	6	$83,137
National Research Group Inc.	6	$79,435
Atlantic Council Of The United States Inc.	5	$67,280
Center For Applied Rationality	5	$81,973
Due Process Of Law Foundation	5	$45,419
Haskins Laboratories, Inc.	5	$79,543
Human Services Research Institute	5	$62,071
International Accountability Project	5	$37,115
Leverage Research, Inc.	5	$55,810

Top Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Environmental Scientists And Specialists, Including Health	5	$67,741
Producers And Directors	5	$52,640
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	4	$59,025
Fundraisers	4	$58,643
Computer Occupations, All Other	4	$90,990
Anthropologists And Archeologists	4	$50,310
Philosophy And Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$44,350
Editors	4	$74,204
Geographers	4	$83,606
Judicial Law Clerks	3	$54,434

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 28 employees were hired. They peaked in 2020 with 75 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 55 in 2023.

The Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $54,884. The industry peaked in 2021 with an average salary of $84,278, and has since been on a decline with the most recent average salary being $83,584 in 2023.