152 certified · Median $85,350 a year · Pasadena, CA
Also filed as California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
55
64
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
97
88
4
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
$72,723
Median
$85,350
75th percentile
$120,387
A year, from 149 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Staff ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $78,24010
TechnologistPhysicists · median $133,0816
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBEMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $72,0005
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in ChemistryBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $72,7235
Research EngineerElectronics Engineers, Except Computer, R&D · median $92,7465
Research ScientistMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $85,0005
Data ScientistData Scientists · median $164,1094
Detector EngineerPhysicists · median $106,3414
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in PhysicsPhysicists · median $77,6164
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBEMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $82,6124
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.