145 certified · Median $80,000 a year · Lubbock, TX
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
76
34
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
69
46
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
$67,875
Median
$80,000
75th percentile
$110,250
A year, from 144 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Assistant ProfessorEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary · median $93,49562
Post Doctoral Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $57,70310
Assistant Professor of PracticeBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary · median $71,6928
Programmer Analyst IIIComputer Programmers · median $74,3908
Research Assistant ProfessorSoil and Plant Scientists · median $67,1538
Postdoctoral Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $55,0005
LecturerEnglish Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · median $50,5004
Research AssociateComputer Systems Analysts, Non R&D · median $53,2693
Research ScientistSoil and Plant Scientists · median $62,2753
Assistant Professor of ParasitologyHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $127,0002
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.