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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
16
6
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
30
1
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
$119,000
Median
$133,870
75th percentile
$148,913
A year, from 46 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $130,7077
Sr Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $139,1525
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $148,9495
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $126,4874
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $104,5933
UX ResearcherSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $108,1922
ArchitectSoftware Developers · median $169,2581
Associate Legal CounselLawyers · median $90,0001
Associate Technology Project ManagerInformation Technology Project Managers · median $75,0001
Cloud Azure EngineerComputer Network Architects · median $120,7021
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.