188 certified · Median $82,775 a year · Pittsburgh, PA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
82
10
3
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
106
19
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
$66,880
Median
$82,775
75th percentile
$112,063
A year, from 182 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral Research AssociateChemists · median $62,00033
Assistant ProfessorComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $124,74926
Postdoctoral FellowSoftware Developers · median $68,91512
Project ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $80,1457
Research AssociatePhysical Scientists, All Other · median $62,0007
Research ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $101,5005
Senior Robotics EngineerRobotics Engineers · median $97,8505
Assistant Teaching ProfessorComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $129,0004
Research BiologistBiologists · median $68,7704
Postdoctoral AssociateSoftware Developers · median $75,0003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.