Can a wage analysis be used to defend an H-1B wage level?

It is written for exactly that. The report establishes the occupational classification and geography, benchmarks the offered wage against federal data, and documents the methodology so the placement can be followed and tested.

What makes an employer-provided wage survey usable?

It must be under 24 months old, cover at least 30 workers or 3 employers, report both median and mean, and come from a published or independent source rather than the employer’s own internal data.

Is a bibliometric report worth commissioning?

Where a case turns on the significance of published work, yes. Free tools will draw a citation map; what changes an adjudicator’s view is the benchmarking — how this record compares against the norms of its own field.

Do these reports need an expert signature?

No. They are research outputs authored and issued by the firm. Where a case needs an independent professional opinion on top of the data, that is a separate service.

Immigration Wage Benchmarking, Bibliometric and Labor Market Research

Wage benchmarking, research impact, market and country conditions research

Every document we write rests on research, and some of that research is worth buying on its own. These are firm-authored analytical reports — no third-party signatory, no waiting on a panel, every figure cited to its source.

What It Covers

Market Wage & Salary Analysis — SOC code, geography and skill level established, the offered wage benchmarked against OEWS and OFLC data, percentile placement documented with the methodology set out. $525
Bibliometric & Research Impact Report — Citations by field percentile, h-index against disciplinary benchmarks, journal quality, independent versus self-citation split, and the geographic and institutional spread of citing work. $800
Employer & Alternate Wage Survey Analysis — A survey tested against the criteria for use in place of OEWS, or a compliant survey conducted, with the methodology documented for the file. $550
Industry & Labor Market Research — Sector conditions, occupational demand, competitor landscape and regional labour data, compiled and cited for use inside a petition or plan. $900
EB-5 Targeted Employment Area Analysis — Census tract and unemployment analysis establishing TEA qualification and the reduced investment threshold. $850
Country Conditions Research — Authoritative reporting on conditions in a country of origin, compiled, analysed and cited to primary sources. $800

How It Works

Question — What the research has to establish, and which document it will sit inside. A report written for a filing is structured differently from one written for a decision.
Sources — Federal wage and occupational data, bibliometric databases, industry sources and recognised country reporting — chosen for what an officer will accept, not for what is easiest to reach.
Analysis — Benchmarks calculated and the methodology written out, so a reader can follow how each figure was reached rather than being asked to trust it.
Citation — Every reference cited inline with the source in a footnote. Research that cannot be checked is research that will not be relied on.
Delivery — A standalone report ready to file as an exhibit, or the analysis folded into the plan or letter it supports.

Why Zeolla

Legal research is one of our three original lines — Alongside copywriting and labour market testing, research has been a service of ours since 2015. It is not a by-product of writing documents — it is a product.
Firm-authored, so nothing waits on a signature — These reports carry our name. No panel to match, no signatory to schedule, and turnaround measured against your deadline rather than someone else’s availability.
Methodology written out, not assumed — A percentile with no stated method is a number an officer can discount. We show the working every time.
Built to be an exhibit — Formatted, cited and paginated for filing, not a spreadsheet with a summary email attached.

Common Questions

Can a wage analysis be used to defend an H-1B wage level?: It is written for exactly that. The report establishes the occupational classification and geography, benchmarks the offered wage against federal data, and documents the methodology so the placement can be followed and tested.
What makes an employer-provided wage survey usable?: It must be under 24 months old, cover at least 30 workers or 3 employers, report both median and mean, and come from a published or independent source rather than the employer’s own internal data.
Is a bibliometric report worth commissioning?: Where a case turns on the significance of published work, yes. Free tools will draw a citation map; what changes an adjudicator’s view is the benchmarking — how this record compares against the norms of its own field.
Do these reports need an expert signature?: No. They are research outputs authored and issued by the firm. Where a case needs an independent professional opinion on top of the data, that is a separate service.

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