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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
32
4
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
20
5
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
$80,000
Median
$90,896
75th percentile
$99,000
A year, from 48 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $82,76512
SOFTWARE (DEVOPS) ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $109,0005
DATABASE ANALYSTDatabase Administrators · median $91,2684
DATABASE ENGINEERDatabase Administrators · median $91,1504
DATA ENGINEERDatabase Architects · median $73,1003
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $87,0003
SOFTWARE ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $90,8963
DATA SCIENTISTData Scientists · median $76,6002
SOFTWARE (AZURE CLOUD) ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $92,5002
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $87,1502
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.