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Biological Scientists, All Other

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-1029 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-1029
Share of U.S. applications
0.54%
Applications on record
65,463
FY2025
5,174
Median offered wage
$80,168
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$80,168certified 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 Biological Scientists, All Other (SOC 19-1029). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Biological Scientists, All Other

2,6605,319FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
2,6605,319FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200854
FY2009876
FY20102,941
FY20112,137
FY20122,483
FY20132,721
FY20142,928
FY20153,309
FY20163,435
FY20173,617
FY20183,923
FY20194,153
FY20203,666
FY20214,597
FY20225,319
FY20235,068
FY20245,259
FY20255,174
FY2026*3,803
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*03,651152
FY202504,922252
FY202405,146113
FY202304,956112
FY202205,22891
FY202104,452145
FY202003,58482
FY201904,08073
FY201803,84776
FY201703,58532
FY201603,41916
FY201513,3017
FY201402,9244
FY201302,7192
FY201202,4767
FY201102,11918
FY201002,86972
FY2009084234
FY20080054
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. National Institutes of Health, HHS2,045
  2. Harvard University1,805
  3. Columbia University1,095
  4. University of Michigan1,093
  5. Johns Hopkins University960
  6. University of Massachusetts Medical School849
  7. Howard Hughes Medical Institute817
  8. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania792
  9. The Leland Stanford, Jr University728
  10. New York University School of Medicine693
  11. Dana-farber Cancer Institute665
  12. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies589
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).

Biological Scientists, All Other: applications by worksite state

2+58+195+445+1,332+
2+58+195+445+1,332+
Data table
StateApplications
CA12,744
MA11,422
NY7,314
MD4,731
TX3,728
PA2,817
NJ1,952
MI1,749
FL1,588
WA1,502
CT1,453
IL1,332
NC1,219
OH1,015
VA948
GA935
TN827
MN701
MO694
IN629
CO566
OK453
WI445
AZ442
OR383
NE379
IA375
AL299
DC289
RI269
UT268
AR224
NH200
ME195
NM189
KS169
SC136
KY136
HI111
LA99
NV81
DE79
MT66
WV59
MS58
ND37
SD32
AK31
VT31
ID30
WY13
PR7
GU4
VI4
MP2
Metropolitan areas
  1. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH10,337
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,893
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,584
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV3,865
  5. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA3,224
  6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,404
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,210
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,457
  9. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD1,384
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,271
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 $80,168; middle half $69,160 to $105,500 · median prevailing wage $69,493 (marker) · 13,371 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5,126
  2. Level II3,729
  3. Level III2,462
  4. Level IV1,219
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate4,824
  2. Research Fellow4,235
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow3,309
  4. Postdoctoral Associate2,804
  5. Research Scientist1,860
  6. Postdoctoral Research Associate1,789
  7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow1,677
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar1,118
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.

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Athens-Clarke County, GA
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Boulder, CO
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Charlottesville, VA
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • College Station-Bryan, TX
  • Columbia, MO
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Gainesville, FL
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Iowa City, IA
  • Ithaca, NY
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
  • Lansing-East Lansing, MI
  • Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Rochester, MN
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • 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
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
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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