Bioinformatics Scientists
SOC Code: 19-1029.01
The DOL disclosure extract lists 5,977 H-1B LCA filings for Bioinformatics Scientists from 923 employer filers, with a 97.3% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $101,053. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 1,146 filings. The highest-volume filer is Zifo Technologies, INC. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Bioinformatics Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1029.01, the extract lists 5,977 Labor Condition Application filings from 923 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.3% 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, Bioinformatics Scientists ranks #50 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 5% 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 Bioinformatics Scientists. The highest-volume employer filer is Zifo Technologies, INC with 249 filings at an average listed offered wage of $87,526, followed by The Broad Institute, Inc., National Institutes of Health, HHS, PPD Development, L.P.. Geographically, CA leads with 1,146 filings (average listed wage $115,719), followed by MA, NY, TX. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Bioinformatics Scientists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Zifo Technologies, INC | 249 | $87,526 |
| The Broad Institute, Inc. | 119 | $98,003 |
| National Institutes of Health, HHS | 103 | $114,007 |
| PPD Development, L.P. | 103 | $109,205 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 95 | $86,002 |
| University of Michigan | 88 | $74,689 |
| The University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center | 80 | $91,865 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 78 | $92,575 |
| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 72 | $100,451 |
| Columbia University | 71 | $82,686 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 71 | $92,015 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 69 | $72,061 |
| The University of Chicago | 68 | $84,717 |
| Washington University | 67 | $72,415 |
| University of California, San Francisco | 66 | $93,944 |
| Yale University | 66 | $86,117 |
| Northwestern University | 65 | $86,411 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 64 | $92,881 |
| University of California, San Diego | 60 | $76,341 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 56 | $81,295 |
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