Columbia University

422 certified · Median $82,750 a year · New York, NY

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 yearCertifiedCertified, then withdrawnWithdrawnDenied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 20261648390
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025258141130

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
$76,491
Median
$82,750
75th percentile
$119,000

A year, from 417 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Associate Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $81,689140
  • Postdoctoral Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $73,18289
  • Assistant ProfessorHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $160,00064
  • Staff Associate IIMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $79,88614
  • InstructorCardiologists · median $112,50013
  • Staff Associate IMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $65,0109
  • Associate ProfessorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $179,0008
  • Lecturer in DisciplineEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary · median $80,0007
  • Assistant in ClinicalSurgeons, All Other · median $145,6006
  • Associate Research ScholarMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $82,3536

Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.

Places

  • New York, NY414
  • Palisades, NY6
  • Irvington, NY1
  • New York`, NY1

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 668