288 certified · Median $82,291 a year · New York, NY
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
138
4
6
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
150
13
10
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
$74,091
Median
$82,291
75th percentile
$100,410
A year, from 286 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $75,91468
Research AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $79,67661
InstructorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $90,32018
Assistant ProfessorHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $160,00015
Research SpecialistBiological Technicians · median $65,1469
Staff AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $62,7278
Assistant Professor of Clinical MedicineGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians · median $225,0005
Business Intelligence DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $132,6135
Programmer AnalystBioinformatics Technicians · median $91,7005
Senior Research AssociateBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $97,0595
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.