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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

BERKELEY, CAFEIN 94-2951741NAICS 54171

Certified LCAs, FY2026
99

100 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$130,920

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
0%

1 software, data, finance or quant LCAs at level I or II, FY2025 and FY2026

USCIS initial approvals
–

No USCIS record matched. Years loaded: FY2023

LCAs by fiscal year

Every Labor Condition Application this employer filed, by the status DOL gave it.

050100150200FY2023: 161 certified LCAsFY2024: 160 certified LCAsFY2025: 155 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 99 certified LCAs99FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202316516140161DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 165 rows
FY202416116001160DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 161 rows
FY202515515500155DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 155 rows
FY2026100991099DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 100 rows

FY2026 covers October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (the latest DOL release). Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.

What is an LCA, and what do these statuses mean?

A Labor Condition Application is the form an employer files with the Department of Labor before an H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 petition. It names the job, the worksite and the wage.

Certified means DOL accepted it. Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it. Denied means DOL rejected it. A certified LCA shows intent to hire into a role; it is not a visa and not a petition approval.

Offered pay

Yearly pay on certified, full-time LCAs with a valid wage. The bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile; the tick is the median.

Offered wage by role group, FY2025 and FY2026

Per fiscal year; percentiles are not combined across years. The prevailing wage is the wage DOL requires for the occupation, area and level on each LCA, annualized the same way.

Role groupYearCertified25th pctMedian75th pctPrevailing wage, medianSource
Software engineeringFY20264$148,500$176,250$214,308$114,566DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 4 rows
Software engineeringFY20253$126,396$143,640$158,958$134,514DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 3 rows
Data and analyticsFY20261$182,940$182,940$182,940$125,549DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 1 rows
Data and analyticsFY20252$104,871$106,314$107,757$105,077DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 2 rows
FinanceFY20262$125,484$125,484$125,484$103,771DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 2 rows
IT and systemsFY202616$180,072$184,206$195,615$97,302DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 16 rows
IT and systemsFY202516$156,396$168,804$171,744$86,154DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 16 rows
EngineeringFY202622$107,619$131,448$151,377$114,997DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 16 rows
EngineeringFY202555$89,052$109,104$149,400$94,536DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 55 rows
OtherFY202654$86,220$101,124$141,689$90,372DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 50 rows
OtherFY202579$75,360$102,852$134,950$91,284DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 75 rows

Wage level mix, FY2025 and FY2026

The prevailing wage level the employer chose on each certified LCA. Level I is the entry level.

Level I
2%5
Level II
13%33
Level III
34%87
Level IV
11%29
Not stated
39%100

Since the FY2027 cap season, the H-1B lottery gives a registration 1 entry at wage level I, 2 at II, 3 at III and 4 at IV (rule effective February 27, 2026). USCIS announcement. Levels shown are those on past LCAs.

How is pay calculated?

Filed uses the lower end of the pay range on each LCA (the figure the employer commits to) and turns it into a yearly amount: hourly x 2,080, weekly x 52, every two weeks x 26, monthly x 12.

Amounts under $15,000 or over $1,000,000 a year are almost always a unit typo (a salary entered as hourly), so they are left out of pay figures but still counted as LCAs.

Role groups, FY2025 and FY2026

Certified LCAs by occupation group (from the SOC code on each LCA).

  • Other13352%
  • Engineering7730%
  • IT and systems3213%
  • Software engineering73%
  • Data and analytics31%
  • Finance21%

Entry-level signal

1 entry-level LCAs, 0% of 254 certified, FY2025 to FY2026

entry-level LCAs = certified LCAs in Software engineering, Data and analytics, Finance, or Quant and actuarial at wage level I or II
share = entry-level LCAs / all certified LCAs, same fiscal years

USCIS initial approvals, same years: not loaded (USCIS years loaded: FY2023)

A count of past filings, not a probability of sponsorship.

Top job titles, FY2026

  1. 1POSTDOC13
  2. 2COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEER 312
  3. 3PHYSICIST STAFF SCIENTIST/ENGINEER3
  4. 4RESEARCH SCIENTIST3
  5. 5SR. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE3

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1CA99

USCIS petition decisions

From the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, matched by name, state and the last four tax ID digits.

No USCIS Data Hub record matched this employer. USCIS years loaded: FY2023.

Name variants seen

Every spelling this employer used on its filings.

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory581 LCAs

LCAs are grouped by the employer’s federal tax ID (FEIN). A few one-off names under a large employer are usually another company’s FEIN typo. 255 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.