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Natural Sciences Managers

Occupation · SOC 2018 11-9121 · United States

SOC 2018 code
11-9121
Share of U.S. applications
0.08%
Applications on record
10,130
FY2025
991
Median offered wage
$125,000
Certified (last three years)
98.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$125,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Natural Sciences Managers (SOC 11-9121). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Natural Sciences Managers

496991FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
496991FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200852
FY200991
FY2010282
FY2011193
FY201240
FY2013299
FY2014409
FY2015367
FY2016512
FY2017569
FY2018664
FY2019795
FY2020637
FY2021857
FY2022921
FY2023935
FY2024825
FY2025991
FY2026*691
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*59596
FY2025859132
FY202477253
FY2023827108
FY2022798123
FY2021706151
FY202053998
FY2019655140
FY2018494170
FY2017442127
FY2016358154
FY20153661
FY201431594
FY201325445
FY20121525
FY201115538
FY201020280
FY20095833
FY2008052
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 in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Amgen Inc.164
  2. PPD Development, L.P.152
  3. Gilead Sciences, Inc.136
  4. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia109
  5. University of Michigan107
  6. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai100
  7. Genentech, Inc.93
  8. The Jackson Laboratory84
  9. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania82
  10. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.75
  11. Pfizer Inc70
  12. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation62
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Natural Sciences Managers: applications by worksite state

1+18+35+100+229+
1+18+35+100+229+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,854
MA1,016
NY903
NJ741
TX590
PA580
FL460
IL425
NC330
MD310
WA234
MI229
IN199
DC184
GA163
MO158
TN155
VA155
OH151
CT112
AZ107
MN100
CO93
UT90
AL79
WI71
ME58
DE52
OR42
IA40
KY38
LA36
KS35
SC34
NM32
NV31
OK30
NE30
MS27
HI27
NH23
RI21
AR18
AK14
VT12
ID10
PR8
WY8
WV5
ND4
SD3
GU2
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,407
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH977
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA775
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD505
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV429
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA414
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN387
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX327
  9. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL237
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA221
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 $125,000; middle half $80,777 to $173,584 · median prevailing wage $105,373 (marker) · 2,152 applications.

$60k$105k$150k$195k$240k
$60k$105k$150k$195k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I693
  2. Level II630
  3. Level III329
  4. Level IV304
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Clinical Research Coordinator386
  2. Project Manager97
  3. Clinical Research Associate75
  4. Clinical Research Coordinator II72
  5. Clinical Trial Manager66
  6. Senior Clinical Research Associate59
  7. Clinical Research Manager58
  8. Laboratory Manager52
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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