51 certified · Median $136,620 a year · Houston, TX
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
18
1
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
33
0
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
$116,450
Median
$136,620
75th percentile
$151,500
A year, from 51 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Sr. Data EngineerDatabase Architects · median $150,0009
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $118,5006
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $150,0005
Engineer IPetroleum Engineers · median $108,6003
Data Engineer IDatabase Architects · median $105,0002
Data Engineer IIDatabase Architects · median $123,5002
Data Scientist IData Scientists · median $112,5002
Geophysical SpecialistGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · median $193,0002
Manager, Data EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $179,3002
Manager, Software EngineeringSoftware Developers · median $150,0002
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.