161 certified · Median $90,063 a year · Lemont, IL
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
61
23
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
100
31
3
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
$72,879
Median
$90,063
75th percentile
$94,486
A year, from 160 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral AppointeePhysicists · median $70,75844
Nuclear EngineerNuclear Engineers · median $92,27510
Assistant Computational ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $90,0638
Assistant Computer ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $92,2756
Energy Systems AnalystEnvironmental Engineers · median $101,3456
Materials ScientistMaterials Scientists · median $99,9934
Assistant Beamline ScientistPhysicists · median $99,3623
Assistant ScientistChemical Engineers · median $90,0633
Predoctoral AppointeeComputer Systems Analysts, R&D · median $60,9653
Research ScientistMechanical Engineers, R&D · median $90,0633
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.