1,846 certified · Median $210,450 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
554
16
6
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
1,292
60
29
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
$165,000
Median
$210,450
75th percentile
$274,351
A year, from 1,844 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $195,000212
Machine Learning EngineerData Scientists · median $225,00083
Research ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $300,00061
Product ManagerMarketing Managers · median $216,00057
Backend Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $161,00041
Data ScientistData Scientists · median $177,00037
Data EngineerData Scientists · median $149,00021
Marketing ManagerMarketing Managers · median $230,00015
Site Reliability EngineerSoftware Developers · median $155,45414
Frontend Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $155,00013
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.