59 certified · Median $70,746 a year · Saint Louis, MO
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
27
5
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
32
10
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
$66,492
Median
$70,746
75th percentile
$89,289
A year, from 53 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Assistant ProfessorPostsecondary Teachers, All Other · median $82,37714
Postdoctoral FellowMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $66,4926
Research ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $64,9604
Assistant Research ProfessorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $90,0003
Postdoctoral ResearcherComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $59,8173
Research Associate/Post Doctoral FellowMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $66,0003
Application Systems AnalystComputer Systems Analysts · median $70,0002
Postdoctoral Research ScholarPhysicists · median $67,0182
Research Assistant ProfessorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $72,5002
ResearcherComputer and Information Research Scientists2
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.