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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
7
1
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
15
3
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
$64,356
Median
$70,344
75th percentile
$78,417
A year, from 20 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Post-Doctoral AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $64,3569
Assistant ProfessorHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $119,3303
Research Professional 5Molecular and Cellular Biologists · median $74,0003
Bioinformatics & Data Science SpecialistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $74,0061
Career Counselor / JD Clerkship AdviserEducational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · median $65,0001
Finance Professional 1Accountants and Auditors · median $62,1711
Flow Cytometry SpecialistMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $78,0001
Research Professional 5 - Biomedical ResearchMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $86,2601
Research Professional 5 - Genetics/Cell BiologyMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $93,0601
Researcher 5Molecular and Cellular Biologists · median $79,6681
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.