H-1B and green card employer
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Carnegie Mellon University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
122certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$80,000median offer · middle half $66k to $110k
3%91 vs. 94 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
5certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Lottery entries at Carnegie Mellon University's offers
Carnegie Mellon University files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Carnegie Mellon University offers
122 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 1 LCA = 2 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
91 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$79,017 FY2026
Certified green card cases
5 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 14 | $77,500 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 13 | $70,000 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 11 | $143,300 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 7 | $61,008 |
| Engineers, All Other | 6 | $98,925 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 6 | $67,420 |
| Physical Scientists, All Other | 6 | $61,166 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 6 | $135,520 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh, PA | 117 | $80,000 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | 0 | – |
| FY2024 | 9 | 0 | $117,000 |
| FY2025 | 5 | 0 | $102,025 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 5 | 0 | $109,512 |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | $141,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $61,008 | |
| Project Scientist | $80,145 | |
| Project Scientist | $80,145 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $67,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $115,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $61,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $85,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $67,475 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $67,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant | $61,008 | |
| Project Scientist | $108,534 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $67,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant | $61,008 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $71,885 | |
| Staff Therapist | $78,035 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | $70,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | $50,752 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | $65,000 | |
| Associate Learning Engineer | $67,500 | |
| Research Associate | $68,000 | |
| Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management | $155,000 | |
| Staff Therapist | $78,035 | |
| Research Associate | $68,000 | |
| Senior Robotics Engineer I | $129,000 |