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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
6
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
4
1
0
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
$85,888
Median
$89,763
75th percentile
$94,248
A year, from 10 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Applications Engineer IIIMaterials Engineers · median $96,5002
Process Chemist VChemists · median $91,9842
Senior Research AssociateMaterials Scientists · median $91,7252
Applications EngineerMaterials Scientists · median $76,4601
Process Chemist IVChemists · median $85,8501
Process Engineer IIIChemical Engineers · median $88,0681
Research Scientist IVChemists · median $86,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.