H-1B and green card employer
Columbia University
New York, NY NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Columbia University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
334certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$81,689median offer · middle half $76k to $105k
20%243 vs. 302 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
7certified 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 Columbia University's offers
Columbia 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 Columbia University offers
334 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 5 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
243 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$81,818 FY2026
Certified green card cases
7 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 117 | $79,327 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 41 | $80,340 |
| Physicists | 16 | $79,282 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 11 | $152,010 |
| Cardiologists | 8 | $330,611 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 7 | $74,263 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | 7 | $81,800 |
| Surgeons, All Other | 7 | $123,898 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 326 | $81,689 |
| Palisades, NY | 5 | $74,263 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | 0 | $88,266 |
| FY2024 | 16 | 0 | $119,500 |
| FY2025 | 16 | 0 | $134,500 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 7 | 0 | $135,000 |
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 | $324,981 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $72,116 | |
| Assistant Professor | $400,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $72,116 | |
| Lecturer in the Discipline of Economics | $125,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $73,182 | |
| Assistant Professor | $400,000 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $90,177 | |
| Staff Associate II | $82,867 | |
| Lecturer in Chinese | $80,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $73,182 | |
| Assistant Professor | $120,000 | |
| Assistant Professor of Computer Science | $142,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $72,116 | |
| Staff Associate III | $90,177 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $79,327 | |
| Instructor | $97,793 | |
| Assistant Professor | $466,459 | |
| Assistant Clinical Neurologist | $280,000 | |
| Staff Associate II | $82,400 | |
| Lecturer in Discipline | $80,000 | |
| Staff Associate | $66,300 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $80,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $72,116 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist | $82,858 |