254 certified · Median $114,564 a year · Berkeley, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
99
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
155
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
$87,966
Median
$114,564
75th percentile
$162,015
A year, from 240 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
PostdocPhysicists · median $82,26037
Computer Systems Engineer 3Computer Systems Engineers/Architects · median $176,74824
Scientific Engineering AssociateMicrobiologists · median $95,0287
Sr. Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $73,4717
Computational Research Scientist/EngineerComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $171,7444
Physicist Research Scientist/EngineerPhysicists · median $165,8704
Computer Research Scientist/EngineerComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $180,0003
Computer Systems Engineer 2Computer Systems Engineers/Architects · median $135,8163
Energy/Environmental Technology ResearcherEnergy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar · median $105,0603
Physicist Staff Scientist/EngineerPhysicists · median $186,0003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.