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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
34
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
8
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
$161,637
Median
$187,574
75th percentile
$213,512
A year, from 40 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $187,57412
Forward Deployed EngineerSoftware Developers · median $200,5436
Post-Training Research ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $210,0003
Site Reliability EngineerSoftware Developers · median $187,5743
Data ScientistData Scientists · median $133,9522
Forward Deployed Site Reliability EngineerSoftware Developers · median $150,0002
Machine Learning EngineerSoftware Developers · median $230,0002
ResearcherData Scientists · median $133,9522
Global Capacity ManagerIndustrial Engineers · median $170,0001
Manager, Forward Deployed EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $260,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.