213 certified · Median $156,850 a year · Issaquah, WA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
78
8
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
135
13
1
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
$145,000
Median
$156,850
75th percentile
$171,525
A year, from 212 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $154,500105
Data EngineerSoftware Developers · median $160,80014
BI EngineerSoftware Developers · median $152,20013
Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $147,25012
Security EngineerInformation Security Analysts · median $175,5009
Functional AnalystSoftware Developers · median $148,4006
DevOps EngineerSoftware Developers · median $145,8005
Platform EngineerSoftware Developers · median $169,0005
Solution ArchitectSoftware Developers · median $170,0005
Infrastructure EngineerDatabase Administrators · median $183,3504
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.