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Columbia, Missouri

City · Missouri, United States

Applications on record
4,472
FY2025
421
FY2026 to 30 June
280
Share of U.S. total
0.04%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$64,490
Median wage$64,490certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Columbia, Missouri.

Applications by fiscal year — Columbia, Missouri

211421FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
211421FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008216
FY2009209
FY2010238
FY2011201
FY2012199
FY2013168
FY2014195
FY2015206
FY2016189
FY2017216
FY2018259
FY2019240
FY2020206
FY2021236
FY2022222
FY2023258
FY2024313
FY2025421
FY2026*280
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*02323423
FY202501431889
FY202401627819
FY202301121334
FY202201318920
FY20212719334
FY202001318310
FY20190921714
FY20180523024
FY20170519615
FY20161317114
FY20151018124
FY20141017321
FY20130015315
FY20120017524
FY20110018120
FY20100020434
FY20090018722
FY20080020412
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Columbia, Missouri.

Applications by employer
  1. The Curators of the University of Missouri2,901
  2. University of Missouri-Columbia164
  3. CARFAX, Inc.67
  4. Saitech Corp56
  5. Mortgage Research Center LLC48
  6. Shelter Insurance Companies46
  7. Rost Landscaping and Design, Inc.37
  8. Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Columbia, LLC.31
  9. Schneider Electric USA, Inc.29
  10. Ruprecht Foods LLC28
  11. Rost Landscaping Inc.28
  12. Columbia College25
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary543
  2. Physicians, All Other362
  3. Software Developers234
  4. Biological Scientists, All Other217
  5. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers162
  6. Biochemists and Biophysicists156
  7. Soil and Plant Scientists129
  8. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists120
  9. Business Teachers, Postsecondary87
  10. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary87
Visa routes
  1. H-1B3,664
  2. PERM labour certification468
  3. H-2B non-agricultural workers119
  4. E-3 (Australia)11
  5. H-2A agricultural workers5
  6. H-1B1 (Singapore)1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $64,490; middle half $52,660 to $100,000 · median prevailing wage $59,908 (marker) · 808 applications.

$40k$90k$140k$190k$240k
$40k$90k$140k$190k$240k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Horses1
  2. Stable Attendant1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in Missouri

Columbia, Missouri ranks #7 of 136 cities in Missouri by work visa applications on record, with 3.39% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in Missouri
7 of 136
Share of Missouri's city applications
3.39%
Share of U.S. total
0.04%
Cities in Missouri with the most applications
  1. St. Louis, MO45,966
  2. Kansas City, MO17,180
  3. O'Fallon, MO8,928
  4. Maryland Heights, MO8,262
  5. Chesterfield, MO6,830
  6. North Kansas City, MO5,710
  7. Columbia, MO4,472
  8. Jefferson City, MO3,444
  9. Springfield, MO2,610
  10. Saint Charles, MO2,247
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Research Scientist
  • Scientist
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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