77 certified · Median $78,734 a year · New York, NY
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
28
1
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
49
5
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
$69,165
Median
$78,734
75th percentile
$92,000
A year, from 61 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $71,77117
Postdoctoral FellowPhysicists · median $79,6858
Associate EditorEditors · median $47,3204
Research AssistantSocial Science Research Assistants · median $80,0004
Research ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $85,0004
AI Research AssociatePhysicists · median $85,0003
Junior EngineerEnvironmental Engineers · median $68,9423
Postdoctoral ResearcherPhysicists · median $68,0583
Senior Research AssociateWater/Wastewater Engineers · median $95,2353
Database Administrator IIDatabase Administrators · median $94,7572
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.