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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
34
0
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
85
2
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
$60,097
Median
$69,469
75th percentile
$75,307
A year, from 117 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
InstructorBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $60,87116
Postdoctoral Research AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $59,00016
Assistant ProfessorBiological Scientists, All Other · median $105,00015
House Officer 5Physicians, All Other · median $75,30710
EpidemiologistEpidemiologists · median $68,6928
House Officer 4Physicians, All Other · median $72,7607
Research InstructorBiological Scientists, All Other · median $64,0005
House Officer 3Physicians, All Other · median $70,2553
ResearcherBiological Scientists, All Other · median $53,3523
Senior ScientistMicrobiologists · median $74,9243
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.