23 certified · Median $175,751 a year · Durham, NC
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
10
5
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
13
11
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
$162,136
Median
$175,751
75th percentile
$216,947
A year, from 22 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Development Engineer IVSoftware Developers · median $222,5144
Software Development Engineer VSoftware Developers · median $175,2614
ArchitectSoftware Developers · median $278,9431
Data Engineer IVSoftware Developers · median $232,8251
Data Scientist IIIData Scientists · median $163,3221
Lead Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $202,8451
NetSuite DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $110,0001
Senior Business Systems AnalystNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $163,9341
Senior Data ScientistData Scientists · median $197,1021
Senior ETL DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $132,1411
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.