H-1B and green card employer
W.M. Rice University
Houston, TX NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
W.M. Rice University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
82certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$74,250median offer · middle half $64k to $100k
38%53 vs. 85 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
6certified 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 W.M. Rice University's offers
W.M. Rice 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 W.M. Rice University offers
82 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
53 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$76,500 FY2026
Certified green card cases
6 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physicists | 9 | $65,000 |
| Materials Scientists | 7 | $62,000 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 6 | $131,950 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 5 | $78,000 |
| Chemists | 5 | $60,000 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 4 | $62,740 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 4 | $112,614 |
| Environmental Engineers | 3 | $62,421 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 81 | $74,000 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2024 | 8 | 1 | $97,500 |
| FY2025 | 8 | 0 | $195,000 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 6 | 0 | $80,229 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Associate | $57,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $100,000 | |
| Assistant Professor, BioSciences | $125,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $151,500 | |
| Research Scientist I | $85,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $64,480 | |
| Contracts Specialist II | $87,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $67,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $65,208 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $61,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $56,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $55,370 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $67,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $100,000 | |
| Investment Associate | $125,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $48,000 | |
| Lovett Instructor | $74,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $70,000 | |
| Research Analyst, Survey Programmer | $69,000 | |
| SEA Flow Cytometrist/Microscopist | $80,000 | |
| Electronics Engineer | $87,984 | |
| Director of Finance Systems and Reporting | $288,750 | |
| Assistant Professor, Mathematics | $130,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $135,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $64,000 |