28 certified · Median $134,056 a year · Menlo Park, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
4
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
21
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
$111,332
Median
$134,056
75th percentile
$148,471
A year, from 19 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Advanced Computer ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $148,2425
ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENTIST ISoftware Developers · median $120,5473
Principal Computer ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $211,4323
ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENTIST IIComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $164,0312
Sr. Computer Scientist IComputer and Information Research Scientists2
ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENTIST IIIComputer and Information Research Scientists1
BIO RESEARCH SCIENTISTBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $79,9201
Bioscience research scientist IIMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $112,2581
Education Research AssociateSocial Science Research Assistants · median $60,5071
Education ResearcherOperations Research Analysts1
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.