97 certified · Median $139,440 a year · Idaho Falls, ID
Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
46
2
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
51
13
2
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$128,400
Median
$139,440
75th percentile
$149,376
A year, from 97 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
NUCLEAR ENGINEERNuclear Engineers · median $129,08410
MATERIALS ENGINEERMaterials Engineers · median $134,1004
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENTIST (NUCLEAR)Nuclear Engineers · median $140,4003
MATERIALS SCIENTISTMaterials Scientists · median $150,0363
CHEMICAL ENGINEERChemical Engineers · median $142,8422
Computational Scientist – Civil EngineeringCivil Engineers, R&D · median $184,0562
Instrumentation and Controls Engineer (Nuclear)Nuclear Engineers · median $129,2642
Nuclear Engineer (Structural Materials)Materials Scientists · median $137,5082
Adv Microscopy/Nuclear Materials Analysis Postdoc Res AssocCivil Engineers, R&D · median $105,1441
ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUELS RESEARCHERNuclear Engineers · median $126,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.