Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
SOC Code: 19-1042.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 21,192 H-1B LCA filings for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists from 1,213 employer filers, with a 97.7% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $83,197. The highest-volume worksite state is NY with 3,329 filings. The highest-volume filer is Washington University. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1042.00, the extract lists 21,192 Labor Condition Application filings from 1,213 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.7% 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, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists ranks #18 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 2% 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 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists. The highest-volume employer filer is Washington University with 794 filings at an average listed offered wage of $70,075, followed by Mayo Clinic, UT Southwestern Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, HHS. Geographically, NY leads with 3,329 filings (average listed wage $83,833), followed by TX, CA, MA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Washington University | 794 | $70,075 |
| Mayo Clinic | 588 | $77,625 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 551 | $76,342 |
| National Institutes of Health, HHS | 518 | $105,298 |
| Columbia University | 516 | $79,739 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 503 | $89,474 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 469 | $96,140 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 443 | $78,970 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 436 | $84,058 |
| General Hospital Corporation | 433 | $76,058 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | 432 | $68,943 |
| The University of Alabama at Birmingham | 421 | $67,436 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 399 | $72,712 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine | 391 | $76,161 |
| The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | 368 | $81,299 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | 359 | $73,985 |
| Northwestern University | 337 | $75,211 |
| Yale University | 289 | $72,525 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 281 | $83,605 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 255 | $75,740 |
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