48 certified · Median $155,629 a year · Goleta, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
31
1
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
17
0
1
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
$141,412
Median
$155,629
75th percentile
$186,795
A year, from 48 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $150,20016
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $180,4514
Software Engineer ISoftware Developers · median $125,0003
Sr. Data EngineerDatabase Architects · median $160,0003
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $196,9123
Data Engineer IIData Scientists · median $133,3132
Staff Data ScientistData Scientists · median $169,4002
Data Engineer IData Scientists · median $120,0001
Principal Software Engineer, Enterprise IntegrationSoftware Developers · median $270,0001
Product ManagerBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $149,6081
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.