474 certified · Median $122,699 a year · Riverwoods, IL
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
396
10
2
1
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
$106,558
Median
$122,699
75th percentile
$148,949
A year, from 473 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Application EngineerSoftware Developers · median $106,558147
Principal Application EngineerSoftware Developers · median $148,97191
Senior Associate Application EngineerSoftware Developers · median $86,00035
Data EngineerData Scientists · median $113,26718
Manager Software EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $150,51917
Manager Application EngineeringInformation Technology Project Managers · median $137,75816
Expert Application EngineerSoftware Developers · median $148,97115
Infrastructure EngineerSoftware Developers · median $106,55813
Senior Manager Software EngineeringSoftware Developers · median $148,94911
Principal Application ArchitectSoftware Developers · median $152,00010
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.