480 certified · Median $75,200 a year · Baltimore, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
233
140
6
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
247
186
11
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
$70,000
Median
$75,200
75th percentile
$100,000
A year, from 480 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral Research FellowMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $68,64780
Research AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $73,26878
Assistant ProfessorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $140,00066
Postdoctoral FellowMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $69,22259
Assistant Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $75,00023
Sr. Research Data AnalystBiostatisticians · median $73,69516
ResidentGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians · median $73,68513
InstructorPhysicists · median $95,5979
Research Data AnalystSocial Science Research Assistants · median $66,9349
Sr. Research SpecialistMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $68,6749
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.