219 certified · Median $82,550 a year · Chevy Chase, MD
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
97
2
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
122
13
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
$77,969
Median
$82,550
75th percentile
$90,000
A year, from 216 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $80,000121
Research SpecialistBiological Scientists, All Other · median $88,30543
Postdoctoral AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $75,34516
Research Specialist IIBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $94,54511
Group LeaderBiological Scientists, All Other · median $202,6603
Principal InvestigatorMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $214,3523
Research ScientistBiological Scientists, All Other · median $63,8563
Research Specialist IBiological Scientists, All Other · median $90,0003
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $147,5962
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $120,6992
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.