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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-1042 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-1042
Share of U.S. applications
0.70%
Applications on record
84,755
FY2025
5,849
Median offered wage
$73,500
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$73,500certified 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 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (SOC 19-1042). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

2,9255,849FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
2,9255,849FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008234
FY20091,117
FY20104,097
FY20113,861
FY20124,208
FY20134,611
FY20144,735
FY20154,669
FY20164,979
FY20174,834
FY20185,350
FY20195,772
FY20205,368
FY20214,681
FY20225,180
FY20235,421
FY20245,605
FY20255,849
FY2026*4,184
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*04,11866
FY202505,742107
FY202405,53966
FY202305,37249
FY202205,12258
FY202104,58497
FY202005,27098
FY201905,67894
FY201805,214136
FY201704,727107
FY201604,813166
FY201504,561108
FY201424,596137
FY201304,498113
FY201204,067141
FY201103,648213
FY201003,774323
FY20090960157
FY200800234
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. General Hospital Corporation2,382
  2. Washington University in ST. Louis2,283
  3. UT Southwestern Medical Center1,625
  4. University of Pittsburgh1,581
  5. Mayo Clinic1,542
  6. University of Michigan1,484
  7. Brigham and Women's Hospital1,392
  8. Johns Hopkins University1,368
  9. National Institutes of Health, HHS1,353
  10. Yale University1,324
  11. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai1,260
  12. Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center1,174
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).

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists: applications by worksite state

2+106+336+749+1,999+
2+106+336+749+1,999+
Data table
StateApplications
MA11,470
NY9,941
CA8,692
TX7,847
PA5,300
MD4,399
IL3,526
MO2,921
OH2,830
MI2,551
NJ2,264
GA1,999
CT1,862
FL1,817
MN1,690
NC1,601
VA1,370
AL1,257
WI1,220
WA880
IA826
TN749
AZ716
LA687
KY670
IN634
DC595
UT566
CO466
SC419
OR344
OK336
MS315
NE269
AR243
KS231
NM182
SD169
RI138
HI134
NH128
NV106
DE91
VT77
WV77
ND45
MT39
ME27
ID12
PR12
WY7
MP2
Metropolitan areas
  1. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH10,909
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,207
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX4,145
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,586
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,226
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,929
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,782
  8. St. Louis, MO-IL2,668
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,650
  10. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,200
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 $73,500; middle half $65,000 to $90,423 · median prevailing wage $62,941 (marker) · 15,002 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8,338
  2. Level II3,561
  3. Level III969
  4. Level IV650
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Fellow6,186
  2. Research Associate5,912
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow5,051
  4. Research Scientist3,036
  5. Postdoctoral Associate2,751
  6. Postdoctoral Research Fellow2,134
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar2,075
  8. Assistant Professor1,966
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.

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
  • Charleston-North Charleston, SC
  • Charlottesville, VA
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-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
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Iowa City, IA
  • Jackson, MS
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Lexington-Fayette, KY
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • Lubbock, TX
  • Madison, WI
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New Haven, CT
  • New Orleans-Metairie, LA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Richmond, VA
  • Roanoke, VA
  • Rochester, MN
  • Rochester, NY
  • 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
  • Sioux Falls, SD-MN
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Winston-Salem, NC
  • 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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