48 certified · Median $76,565 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
9
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
39
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
$69,519
Median
$76,565
75th percentile
$77,376
A year, from 14 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Automation EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $67,9125
Manufacturing EngineerManufacturing Engineers · median $68,3905
Quality EngineerValidation Engineers · median $73,7783
Manufacturing Batch Record ReviewerValidation Engineers · median $76,5652
Manufacturing SpecialistValidation Engineers2
Process EngineerIndustrial Engineers · median $67,8082
Quality Assurance SpecialistValidation Engineers2
Systems EngineerValidation Engineers · median $82,3062
Technical WriterValidation Engineers2
Test EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers2
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.