8 certified · Median $84,750 a year · Pisgah Forest, NC
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
5
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
3
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
$73,309
Median
$84,750
75th percentile
$104,400
A year, from 8 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
R&D PROCESS DEVELOPMENT CHEMISTChemists · median $84,7502
QA/ CSV ASSOCIATEValidation Engineers · median $70,0001
QA/RA ASSOCIATECompliance Officers · median $74,4121
QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR QUALITY CONTROLQuality Control Analysts · median $68,0001
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGERQuality Control Systems Managers · median $117,6001
QUALITY CONTROL ANALYTICAL MANAGERChemists · median $100,0001
VALIDATION MANAGERCompliance Managers · median $145,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.