Life Scientists, All Other
Occupation · SOC 2018 19-1099 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 19-1099
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.05%
- Applications on record
- 5,593
- FY2025
- 56
- Median offered wage
- $75,090
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.0%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Life Scientists, All Other (SOC 19-1099). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Life Scientists, All Other
Data table
| FY2008 | 11 |
| FY2009 | 339 |
| FY2010 | 1,052 |
| FY2011 | 742 |
| FY2012 | 798 |
| FY2013 | 601 |
| FY2014 | 448 |
| FY2015 | 359 |
| FY2016 | 320 |
| FY2017 | 220 |
| FY2018 | 131 |
| FY2019 | 95 |
| FY2020 | 80 |
| FY2021 | 115 |
| FY2022 | 79 |
| FY2023 | 50 |
| FY2024 | 48 |
| FY2025 | 56 |
| FY2026* | 49 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 49 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 56 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 48 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 49 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 79 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 115 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 79 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 95 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 130 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 218 | 2 |
| FY2016 | 319 | 1 |
| FY2015 | 358 | 1 |
| FY2014 | 448 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 601 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 797 | 1 |
| FY2011 | 739 | 3 |
| FY2010 | 1,039 | 13 |
| FY2009 | 334 | 5 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 11 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute1,280
- Columbia University744
- Children's Hospital Corporation190
- Weill Cornell Medical College139
- Brown University134
- L.E.K. Consulting, LLC94
- University of Massachusetts Medical School74
- Emory University61
- California Institute of Technology59
- Histogenetics51
- The University of Iowa51
- Harvard University47
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Life Scientists, All Other: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 1,423 |
| CA | 1,014 |
| MA | 759 |
| VA | 298 |
| NJ | 240 |
| MD | 224 |
| PA | 213 |
| TX | 177 |
| RI | 156 |
| CT | 98 |
| WA | 96 |
| GA | 85 |
| IA | 70 |
| CO | 68 |
| NC | 61 |
| MI | 50 |
| IL | 50 |
| MN | 48 |
| IN | 45 |
| MO | 38 |
| TN | 36 |
| WI | 36 |
| OH | 34 |
| DC | 34 |
| OK | 33 |
| ME | 33 |
| FL | 26 |
| KY | 22 |
| AZ | 20 |
| OR | 18 |
| AL | 12 |
| UT | 11 |
| MS | 11 |
| SC | 10 |
| NE | 7 |
| AK | 5 |
| PR | 5 |
| WY | 3 |
| DE | 3 |
| MT | 3 |
| NM | 3 |
| LA | 3 |
| ID | 2 |
| KS | 2 |
| MP | 2 |
| NV | 2 |
| NH | 1 |
| SD | 1 |
| ND | 1 |
| AR | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,505
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH667
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV475
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA280
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA220
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA208
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA199
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA160
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD142
- New Haven, CT90
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $75,090; middle half $62,559 to $97,335 · median prevailing wage $65,894 (marker) · 149 applications.
- Level I64
- Level II40
- Level III23
- Level IV13
- Research Associate1,119
- Research Specialist351
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist333
- Associate Research Scientist240
- Postdoctoral Research Associate192
- Postdoctoral Fellow183
- Research Scientist176
- Postdoctoral Associate153
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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