H-1B and green card employer
Yale University
New Haven, CT NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Yale University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
361certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$80,000median offer · middle half $73k to $115k
14%286 vs. 250 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
4certified 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 Yale University's offers
Yale 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 Yale University offers
361 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 10 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
286 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$80,000 FY2026
Certified green card cases
4 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 78 | $75,000 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 65 | $75,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 38 | $75,000 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 34 | $271,850 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 11 | $130,400 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 10 | $122,500 |
| Physicians, All Other | 9 | $107,236 |
| Statisticians | 8 | $109,500 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven, CT | 353 | $80,000 |
| West Haven, CT | 4 | $71,242 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | 0 | $125,250 |
| FY2024 | 18 | 0 | $128,650 |
| FY2025 | 7 | 0 | $132,000 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 4 | 0 | $130,802 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor | $222,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $115,000 | |
| Manager, Research | $75,774 | |
| Gibbs Assistant Professor | $87,000 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $85,000 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $86,320 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $82,599 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $91,500 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $76,500 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $70,000 | |
| Staff Scientist, Cleanroom | $112,600 | |
| Assistant Professor | $120,000 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $72,862 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $92,000 | |
| Associate Research Scientis | $78,500 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $69,500 | |
| Resident | $91,414 | – |
| Associate Research Scientist | $76,500 | |
| Gibbs Assistant Professor | $87,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $69,000 | |
| Gibbs Assistant Professor | $90,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $68,055 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $78,566 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $70,000 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $78,500 |