282 certified · Median $92,734 a year · Austin, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
110
108
8
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
172
74
11
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
$68,703
Median
$92,734
75th percentile
$125,000
A year, from 278 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Assistant ProfessorComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $126,50078
Postdoctoral FellowGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · median $64,68548
Research AssociateMechanical Engineers, R&D · median $93,20240
Assistant Professor of InstructionForeign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · median $69,20018
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IIIMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $83,70815
Research FellowPhysicists · median $65,7679
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IVSoftware Developers · median $96,5007
Associate ProfessorAtmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · median $127,0005
ProfessorHistory Teachers, Postsecondary · median $210,0005
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate VSoftware Developers, R&D · median $125,0005
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.