276 certified · Median $180,000 a year · Seattle, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
127
10
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
149
7
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
$140,528
Median
$180,000
75th percentile
$217,599
A year, from 276 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $131,98918
Sr Software Development EngineerSoftware Developers · median $189,13613
Engineer IIISoftware Developers · median $147,29011
Senior EngineerSoftware Developers · median $184,8009
Principal EngineerSoftware Developers · median $210,7988
Principal Software Development EngineerSoftware Developers · median $220,7028
Software Development Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $136,5748
Software Development Engineer IIISoftware Developers · median $162,0468
Software Engineer IIISoftware Developers · median $176,2247
Engineer ISoftware Developers · median $115,0006
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.