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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
4
1
0
1
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
11
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
$139,566
Median
$150,000
75th percentile
$160,500
A year, from 15 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Engineer, DevOpsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $163,2002
SOFTWARE ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $130,9572
Business Systems Manager, Sales CompensationOperations Research Analysts · median $150,0001
Engineer, Quality AssuranceSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $143,6001
Lead Information Security EngineerInformation Security Engineers · median $157,5601
Manager, Information Security EngineerInformation Security Engineers · median $147,6001
Principal Engineer, QASoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $194,8751
Senior Database AdministratorDatabase Administrators · median $176,6341
Senior Engineer, Dev OpsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $157,8001
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYSTFinancial and Investment Analysts · median $109,6991
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.