Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab
141 certified · Median $124,655 a year · Menlo Park, CA
Also filed as Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
43
3
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
98
6
1
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
$87,641
Median
$124,655
75th percentile
$148,000
A year, from 140 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Staff Engineer 2Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, R&D · median $130,00023
Research AssociatePhysicists · median $79,38421
Staff Engineer 3Mechanical Engineers, R&D · median $155,73820
Associate ScientistPhysicists · median $118,50011
Staff ScientistPhysicists · median $148,00011
Project ScientistPhysicists · median $105,2927
Associate Staff ScientistPhysicists · median $128,0104
Health Physicist 3Physicists · median $147,1984
Research Associate - ExperimentalPhysicists · median $80,0003
Research Associate “ ExperimentalMechanical Engineers, R&D · median $82,5003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.