H-1B and green card employer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
54certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$66,414median offer · middle half $62k to $97k
31%38 vs. 55 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
3certified 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's offers
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers
54 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 1 LCA = 1 LCA
$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
38 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$69,474 FY2026
Certified green card cases
3 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 11 | $109,260 |
| Materials Engineers | 8 | $61,800 |
| Chemists | 6 | $66,976 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 5 | $61,884 |
| Chemical Engineers | 3 | $62,500 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 3 | $62,354 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 3 | $110,310 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Troy, NY | 52 | $66,976 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2025 | 1 | 0 | – |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 3 | 0 | $76,232 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer | $80,750 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $64,000 | |
| Software Engineer | $67,829 | |
| Research Scientist | $68,952 | |
| Research Scientist | $75,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $111,890 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $63,565 | |
| Research Associate | $65,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $60,000 | |
| Assistant Coach, Women's Soccer | $33,758 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $62,657 | |
| Assistant Professor | $115,570 | |
| Assistant Professor | $161,270 | |
| Assistant Professor | $126,690 | |
| Assistant Professor | $105,330 | |
| Assistant Professor | $87,100 | |
| Senior Lecturer | $90,210 | |
| Assistant Professor | $105,060 | |
| Assistant Professor | $110,310 | |
| Assistant Professor | $110,310 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $59,550 | |
| Assistant Professor | $109,260 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $62,354 | |
| Research Associate | $61,800 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $62,354 |