30 certified · Median $160,250 a year · San Jose, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
7
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
21
2
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
$140,958
Median
$160,250
75th percentile
$178,305
A year, from 30 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $160,5005
MTS 1, Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $154,8553
Software Engineer 3Software Developers · median $139,0233
Data Scientist 2Data Scientists · median $182,8682
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $150,2102
Credit External Data Product ManagerProject Management Specialists · median $158,0001
Data Scientist 3Operations Research Analysts · median $194,2861
Manager, Data ScienceComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $199,1341
Manager, Data Science 1Computer and Information Systems Managers · median $178,6401
Manager, Product Management 2 - TechData Scientists · median $194,0341
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.