28 certified · Median $72,651 a year · Philadelphia, PA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
9
8
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
19
7
0
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
$67,736
Median
$72,651
75th percentile
$94,792
A year, from 28 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Post-Doctoral FellowBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $66,5007
Associate Staff ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $70,7906
Staff ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $77,2734
Assistant ProfessorBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $140,0003
Caspar Wistar FellowBioinformatics Scientists · median $130,0002
Associate Wistar ScientistBioinformatics Scientists · median $94,7231
Research Assistant IIBiological Technicians · median $49,0001
Research Assistant IVBiological Technicians · median $62,5891
Research Assistant ProfessorBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $95,0001
Senior Security AnalystInformation Security Analysts · median $105,4981
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.