277 certified · Median $73,362 a year · Columbia, MO
Also filed as The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Columbia
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
117
49
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
160
80
3
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
$58,968
Median
$73,362
75th percentile
$150,000
A year, from 269 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral FellowBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $57,00045
Assistant ProfessorEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary · median $82,00026
Assistant Teaching ProfessorComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $73,56213
ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $57,47612
Assistant Research ProfessorEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary · median $69,79210
General Internal Medicine Hospitalist Physician/FacultyGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians · median $258,8209
Resident PhysicianPhysicians, All Other · median $68,1698
Assistant Professor of MedicineHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $200,0007
Research scientistSoil and Plant Scientists · median $56,2756
Research Specialist IIBiological Technicians · median $51,5226
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.