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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
124
13
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
178
21
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
$70,344
Median
$95,638
75th percentile
$222,632
A year, from 298 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Assistant Professor of ClinicalPhysicians, All Other · median $287,03757
Post Doctoral AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $66,50033
Assistant ScientistMolecular and Cellular Biologists · median $75,00028
Assistant ProfessorBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary · median $166,00022
Associate ScientistBiological Scientists, All Other · median $87,7756
Research Associate 1Molecular and Cellular Biologists · median $50,2586
SCIENTISTBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $118,5056
Clinical Research Coordinator 1Clinical Research Coordinators · median $59,4265
InstructorPhysicians, All Other · median $90,0005
Research Assistant ProfessorData Scientists · median $110,3795
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.