5 certified · Median $150,000 a year · San Diego, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
2
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
3
9
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
$146,307
Median
$150,000
75th percentile
$155,605
A year, from 5 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Embedded Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $146,3071
Embedded Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $150,0001
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $170,0001
Sr. Systems Test EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $136,3651
Systems Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $155,6051
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.