Molecular and Cellular Biologists
SOC Code: 19-1029.02
The DOL disclosure extract lists 7,464 H-1B LCA filings for Molecular and Cellular Biologists from 941 employer filers, with a 97.9% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $83,519. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 1,686 filings. The highest-volume filer is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Molecular and Cellular Biologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1029.02, the extract lists 7,464 Labor Condition Application filings from 941 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.9% 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, Molecular and Cellular Biologists ranks #44 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 Molecular and Cellular Biologists. The highest-volume employer filer is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute with 352 filings at an average listed offered wage of $78,467, followed by The Leland Stanford, Jr University, National Institutes of Health, HHS, University of Michigan. Geographically, CA leads with 1,686 filings (average listed wage $93,294), followed by MA, MD, TX. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 352 | $78,467 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 326 | $81,718 |
| National Institutes of Health, HHS | 246 | $103,670 |
| University of Michigan | 218 | $61,973 |
| Yale University | 216 | $71,945 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 188 | $66,486 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 179 | $68,781 |
| Emory University | 108 | $72,025 |
| Columbia University | 105 | $78,710 |
| University of Minnesota | 98 | $64,596 |
| The Jackson Laboratory | 90 | $75,699 |
| H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc. | 82 | $77,437 |
| Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. | 80 | $97,426 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 80 | $73,127 |
| The Broad Institute, Inc. | 77 | $91,629 |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 77 | $77,743 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 68 | $133,207 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | 67 | $49,853 |
| The Ohio State University | 64 | $64,123 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | 62 | $57,135 |
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