5 certified · Median $128,773 a year · Watertown, MA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
5
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
1
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
$126,006
Median
$128,773
75th percentile
$134,971
A year, from 5 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Principal Research AssociateChemists · median $105,8511
ScientistChemists · median $128,7731
Senior ScientistMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $134,9711
Senior Scientist, BioinformaticsBioinformatics Scientists · median $134,9711
Senior Scientist, Medicinal ChemistryMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $126,0061
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.