207 certified · Median $85,322 a year · Los Angeles, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
102
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
105
0
1
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
$70,886
Median
$85,322
75th percentile
$96,814
A year, from 207 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $70,93842
Project ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $77,08540
Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $108,32616
Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $60,59013
Research Data ScientistBioinformatics Scientists · median $94,76413
Clinical Research Data SpecialistClinical Data Managers · median $68,5787
Research BioinformaticianBioinformatics Scientists · median $84,8437
House Officer GL-1Physicians, All Other · median $94,7466
Staff PhysicianPhysicians, All Other · median $387,2855
Clinical Lab ScientistMedical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists · median $79,2894
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.