31 certified · Median $138,000 a year · San Francisco, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
15
1
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
16
6
0
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
$112,716
Median
$138,000
75th percentile
$166,566
A year, from 31 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Scientist IMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $112,5497
Scientist IIMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $139,7764
ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $129,0002
Senior EngineerPhotonics Engineers · median $166,5662
AI/ML Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $187,5741
Assistant Lab ManagerMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $84,8851
Computational Biologist, CRISPR InformaticsBioinformatics Scientists · median $153,0001
EngineerBioinformatics Scientists · median $120,0001
HPC Principal Infrastructure EngineerNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $200,0001
Principal Technical Program Manager, ImagingBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $214,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.