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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
26
2
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
22
7
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
$143,981
Median
$290,000
75th percentile
$400,000
A year, from 47 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
PHYSICIANPhysicians, All Other · median $240,0007
PHYSICIAN - HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGYGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians · median $400,0003
PHYSICIAN/PULMONOLOGISTGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians · median $350,0003
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARBioinformatics Scientists · median $65,0003
DATA SCIENTISTData Scientists · median $90,4072
HOSPITALISTHospitalists · median $363,0002
LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTMedical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists · median $51,5122
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTMedical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists · median $68,2972
PHYSICIAN - ANESTHESIOLOGISTAnesthesiologists · median $475,0002
PHYSICIAN - ENDOCRINOLOGISTGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians · median $255,0002
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.