The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
275 certified · Median $79,000 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
112
74
5
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
163
95
12
2
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
$74,200
Median
$79,000
75th percentile
$109,535
A year, from 273 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral FellowBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $72,00051
Assistant ProfessorHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $180,60041
InstructorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $77,22141
Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $76,95840
Research InvestigatorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $69,82712
Data ScientistBioinformatics Scientists · median $113,0009
Senior Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $86,8648
FellowPhysicians, All Other · median $83,7066
Sr. Research AssistantBiological Technicians · median $60,0005
Sr. Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $79,0005
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.