Microbiologists
SOC Code: 19-1022.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 1,672 H-1B LCA filings for Microbiologists from 414 employer filers, with a 96.2% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $76,446. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 207 filings. The highest-volume filer is Albert Einstein College of Medicine. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Microbiologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1022.00, the extract lists 1,672 Labor Condition Application filings from 414 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 96.2% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Microbiologists ranks #108 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 10% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Microbiologists. The highest-volume employer filer is Albert Einstein College of Medicine with 57 filings at an average listed offered wage of $69,514, followed by University of Wisconsin System, Emory University, The Pennsylvania State University. Geographically, CA leads with 207 filings (average listed wage $100,378), followed by NY, MA, GA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Microbiologists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 57 | $69,514 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 51 | $60,866 |
| Emory University | 41 | $71,516 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | 32 | $61,728 |
| Yale University | 32 | $69,676 |
| The Ohio State University | 28 | $67,683 |
| Harvard University | 27 | $75,186 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 26 | $79,206 |
| The University of Chicago | 25 | $67,031 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 23 | $75,596 |
| University of Georgia | 23 | $69,591 |
| University of Minnesota | 22 | $64,044 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 20 | $78,529 |
| Colorado State University | 19 | $66,662 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 19 | $64,053 |
| Washington State University | 19 | $57,829 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine | 18 | $91,263 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 17 | $81,418 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 16 | $75,837 |
| National Institutes of Health, HHS | 15 | $118,997 |
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