California Institute of Technology
Adaptive Optics Scientist
Certified · decided May 20, 2026 · H-1B
This is a Labor Condition Application (LCA) as an employer filed it with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted it, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. The wage is what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
- Wage offered
- $135,000 a year
- Prevailing wage
- $63,565 a year, level I
- Worksite
- Pasadena, CA · Los Angeles County · 3 worksites in all
- Occupation
- Astronomers 19-2011
- Full time
- Yes
- Positions
- 1
- Kind
- Change of employer
- Employment
- Aug 10, 2026 to Aug 9, 2029
- Received
- May 13, 2026
- Employer’s address
- Pasadena, CA
- FEIN
- 95-1643307
- Industry (NAICS)
- 611310
- H-1B dependent
- No
- Willful violator
- No
- Case number
- I-200-26133-905912
From LCA_Disclosure_Data_FY2026_Q3.xlsx, row 336,979 (FY2026), published by the US Department of Labor on its Performance Data page.