135 certified · Median $90,516 a year · Houston, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
46
7
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
89
16
2
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
$64,875
Median
$90,516
75th percentile
$112,546
A year, from 132 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Assistant ProfessorBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary · median $110,00061
Postdoctoral FellowMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $58,00027
Research Assistant ProfessorBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $75,00011
Instructional Assistant ProfessorEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary · median $99,0004
Researcher 3 Nat Phys ScienceBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $64,0003
Associate ProfessorEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary · median $92,3752
Instructional Lab ManagerBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $57,7622
Lead Application DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $120,0002
LecturerComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $70,0002
ProfessorHistory Teachers, Postsecondary · median $138,0002
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.