32 certified · Median $83,491 a year · Charlottesville, VA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
12
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
20
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
$81,099
Median
$83,491
75th percentile
$105,078
A year, from 32 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Assistant ScientistAstronomers · median $81,0993
Project DirectorNatural Sciences Managers · median $110,2823
Scientist/Computer ScienceAstronomers · median $83,4913
Software Engineer IIISoftware Developers, R&D · median $80,5793
Assistant Scientist/AstronomyAstronomers · median $76,2412
Associate Scientist/AstronomyAstronomers · median $93,7992
Electronics Engineer IIElectrical Engineers, R&D · median $68,9912
Scientist/AstronomyAstronomers · median $106,6902
Scientist/Research EngineerElectronics Engineers, Except Computer, R&D · median $131,1232
Software Engineer IVSoftware Developers, R&D · median $108,2642
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.