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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
4
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
10
0
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
$72,113
Median
$75,304
75th percentile
$93,715
A year, from 14 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral ResearcherEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · median $77,5094
Maki Postdoctoral ResearcherHydrologists · median $74,0003
Assistant Research ProfessorAtmospheric and Space Scientists · median $98,6402
Assistant Research Scientist, Computational ResearchComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $99,7841
Director, Environmental Health and SafetyOccupational Health and Safety Specialists · median $118,3531
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aerosol ScientistPhysicists · median $69,6801
Postdoctoral Researcher, Experimental Aerosol OpticsPhysicists · median $67,0181
Staff Research Scientist, STEM Curriculum/Operations ManagerProject Management Specialists · median $70,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.