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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
32
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
35
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
$142,210
Median
$150,000
75th percentile
$157,500
A year, from 67 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Quantitative ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $150,00017
Software DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $150,00013
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $150,0007
Quantitative Trading AnalystFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $124,4466
AI EngineerSoftware Developers · median $154,7462
C Software DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $153,3172
Credit Risk AnalystFinancial Risk Specialists · median $96,3662
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $171,4552
Systems Reliability EngineerSoftware Developers · median $153,3172
Associate Quantitative AnalystData Scientists · median $93,9741
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.