Cornell University
Cornell University made 118 filings covering 118 positions in this release. Across them it committed to pay at least a median of $86,424 a year. 118 of those 118 state a minimum and no maximum, which is what an employer is required to file — it is the floor it is bound to, not a salary offered.
Green-card sponsorship
Cornell University filed 3 permanent labour certifications between 2026-02-08 and 2026-06-24, of which 2 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.
What it filed, by role and place
| Occupation | Where | Level | Wage year | Filings | Positions | Median | Prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $73,223 | $65,150 |
| Geneticists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $80,330 | $80,330 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $182,000 | $98,537 |
| Physicists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $76,588 | $66,664 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $70,450 | $58,635 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $70,450 | $70,450 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $85,000 | $62,680 |
| Epidemiologists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $63,448 | $62,962 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $62,652 | $62,296 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $70,450 | $70,450 |
| Animal Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $87,430 | $74,859 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $122,518 | $81,740 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $233,288 | $61,240 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $201,362 | $83,443 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $143,800 | $92,500 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $73,986 | $60,965 |
| Data Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $81,848 | $65,728 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $132,021 | $84,330 |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $62,856 | $62,005 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $148,500 | $121,750 |
| Law Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $175,751 | $91,977 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $124,029 | $71,967 |
| Microbiologists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $69,740 | $63,565 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $62,232 | $59,280 |
| Aerospace Engineers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $84,240 | $84,240 |
| Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $103,000 | $75,043 |
| Animal Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $66,300 | $62,317 |
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 | $99,660 |
| Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $110,800 | $54,650 |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $103,833 | $103,833 |
| Astronomers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $91,921 | $83,491 |
| Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $115,000 | $61,620 |
| Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $123,200 | $79,120 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $70,000 | $69,243 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $142,770 | $113,710 |
| Chemical Engineers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $65,920 | $65,416 |
| Chemists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,800 | $53,102 |
| Chemists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,800 | $67,496 |
| Coaches and Scouts | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,275 | $61,117 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $129,500 | $62,410 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $145,070 | $81,367 |
| Data Scientists | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $86,424 | $81,994 |
| Economists | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $131,581 | $114,733 |
| Economists | Ithaca, NY | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $131,581 | $131,581 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $124,610 | $93,454 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $124,610 | $101,629 |
| Electrical Engineers, R&D | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $75,705 | $68,078 |
| Electrical Engineers, R&D | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $80,000 | $79,518 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $145,029 | $105,980 |
| Environmental Economists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $81,016 | $81,016 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $106,000 | $63,107 |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $103,195 | $73,694 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $77,000 | $46,460 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $71,680 | $64,863 |
| Geographers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $66,500 | $66,019 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $256,640 | $174,080 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $256,640 | $226,410 |
| History Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $111,340 | $87,040 |
| Materials Engineers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $67,662 | $67,662 |
| Physics Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $123,200 | $89,030 |
| Project Management Specialists | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $87,500 | $86,882 |
| Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $111,297 | $50,607 |
| Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $111,297 | $78,060 |
| Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists | Ithaca, NY | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $88,816 | $88,816 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $63,523 |
| Physicists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2023-24 | 2 | 2 | $62,700 | $57,949 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Ithaca, NY | Level III | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $76,000 | $62,941 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $65,000 | $52,370 |
| Microbiologists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $73,500 | $65,416 |
| Range Managers | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $68,445 | $60,944 |
| Physicists | Ithaca, NY | Level I | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $62,000 | $61,714 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Ithaca, NY | Level II | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $56,484 | $52,042 |
| Veterinarians | Ithaca, NY | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $51,000 | $47,029 |
| Veterinarians | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $51,000 | $40,295 |
A wage is shown against the prevailing wage for the library year the filing itself cites, not the year current today — measured against the wrong year, a correctly-filed wage reads as underpaid.
Tell me when this employer files again
One email when Cornell University appears in a new quarterly release, or files a permanent labour certification — which is the signal that it sponsors green cards.
Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain), and the OFLC prevailing wage library. Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.