16 certified · Median $166,000 a year · New York, NY
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
12
0
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
4
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
$148,750
Median
$166,000
75th percentile
$195,000
A year, from 16 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Machine Learning Engineer IIData Scientists · median $172,0003
Data Science Analyst IIData Scientists · median $124,8552
Machine Learning Engineer, ML Ops IISoftware Developers · median $155,0872
Ad Operations AssociateMarket Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists · median $75,0001
Director, ML Research ScienceData Scientists · median $300,0001
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, ScienceData Scientists · median $310,5001
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $159,1351
Sr. Data Science AnalystData Scientists · median $145,0001
Sr. Data ScientistData Scientists · median $185,6581
Sr. Machine Learning Research ScientistData Scientists · median $210,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.