44 certified · Median $149,659 a year · Chicago, IL
Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
27
4
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
17
0
0
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$118,889
Median
$149,659
75th percentile
$168,750
A year, from 42 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $130,0005
Data EngineerDatabase Architects · median $114,4003
Senior Manager, Software EngineeringArchitectural and Engineering Managers · median $192,0053
Director, Data & Database SolutionsComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $217,5682
Lead Information Security EngineerInformation Security Analysts · median $140,0002
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $141,3002
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $157,0612
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $158,0002
Associate Business AnalystBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $1,749,8001
Business Systems AnalystBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $82,7631
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.