46 certified · Median $166,110 a year · Spring, TX
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
28
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
18
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
$148,654
Median
$166,110
75th percentile
$185,880
A year, from 45 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Process Development EngineerChemical Engineers · median $147,7434
Operations Research ScientistOperations Research Analysts · median $166,2303
Wells Research EngineerPetroleum Engineers · median $195,8903
Active Materials ScientistMaterials Scientists · median $148,8312
Advanced Computational ScientistData Scientists · median $242,1902
Chemical Process ModelerChemical Engineers · median $156,6792
Computational PhysicistGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · median $320,3402
Computational Scientist / Senior Research EngineerMechanical Engineers · median $184,2402
Materials ScientistMaterials Scientists · median $142,4702
Research ChemistChemists · median $155,9452
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.