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Microbiologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-1022 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-1022
Share of U.S. applications
0.08%
Applications on record
9,790
FY2025
436
Median offered wage
$71,500
Certified (last three years)
99.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$71,500certified 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 Microbiologists (SOC 19-1022). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Microbiologists

442883FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
442883FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200825
FY2009204
FY2010883
FY2011683
FY2012705
FY2013643
FY2014582
FY2015551
FY2016540
FY2017517
FY2018595
FY2019638
FY2020505
FY2021515
FY2022543
FY2023498
FY2024424
FY2025436
FY2026*303
Fiscal yearCW-1LCAPERM
FY2026*029310
FY2025042115
FY202404168
FY2023148017
FY2022052617
FY2021049817
FY2020348715
FY2019062315
FY2018057619
FY2017049918
FY2016051723
FY2015053417
FY2014055923
FY2013063112
FY2012068520
FY2011066122
FY2010082657
FY2009018915
FY20080025
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. The University of Georgia278
  2. National Institutes of Health, HHS261
  3. Johns Hopkins University231
  4. University of Maryland College Park147
  5. Emory University133
  6. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania121
  7. Albert Einstein College of Medicine119
  8. The Ohio State University110
  9. University of Michigan110
  10. Washington University in ST. Louis95
  11. University of California, Davis94
  12. University of California, Berkeley89
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).

Microbiologists: applications by worksite state

3+15+51+112+227+
3+15+51+112+227+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,437
NY866
MD846
MA621
TX617
GA532
PA425
IL350
NJ329
MI263
WA228
NC227
FL217
OH210
MO195
WI193
CO174
CT165
AZ136
IA134
MN126
TN113
IN112
KS103
VA102
NE98
OR87
LA78
UT77
NH67
MT65
AL65
OK51
KY50
AR49
NM45
SC42
HI41
DC38
DE28
RI27
SD25
WY16
ID15
NV15
MS15
ND13
WV12
ME12
VT11
AK11
MP7
PR6
GU3
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ808
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH580
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV544
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA516
  5. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD351
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA324
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD310
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA262
  9. Athens-Clarke County, GA259
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN254
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 $71,500; middle half $62,400 to $85,000 · median prevailing wage $62,670 (marker) · 1,093 applications.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I385
  2. Level II259
  3. Level III242
  4. Level IV107
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate827
  2. Postdoctoral Research Associate560
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow549
  4. Research Fellow411
  5. Microbiologist407
  6. Postdoctoral Associate324
  7. Research Scientist307
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar268
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.

  • Athens-Clarke County, GA
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • 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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