292 certified · Median $75,691 a year · Los Angeles, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
100
32
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
192
44
4
1
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
$64,688
Median
$75,691
75th percentile
$103,158
A year, from 292 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $70,88629
Assistant ProfessorBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary · median $122,95125
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research AssociateBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $69,85025
Postdoctoral Scholar Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $61,3558
Research ScientistEconomists · median $115,7558
Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching FellowEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary · median $79,5507
Research Programmer IBioinformatics Scientists · median $85,3226
Research Assistant ProfessorComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $97,6145
Research Lab SpecialistBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $85,3225
Senior LecturerEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary · median $70,1804
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.