167 certified · Median $75,000 a year · Houston, TX
Also filed as W.M. Rice Universisty
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
53
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
114
0
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
$64,938
Median
$75,000
75th percentile
$108,191
A year, from 163 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral AssociateChemists · median $62,42132
Assistant ProfessorComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $130,00027
Postdoctoral Research AssociateMaterials Scientists · median $64,87527
Research Scientist IBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $70,0007
Research ScientistChemical Engineers · median $72,4744
Assistant Research ProfessorComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $75,7683
Assistant Teaching ProfessorBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $100,0003
LecturerForeign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · median $79,1173
Assistant Professor of MarketingBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary · median $219,1142
Assistant Professor of Operations ManagementBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary · median $204,6372
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.