47 certified · Median $148,920 a year · Lake Forest, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
21
5
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
26
2
1
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
$138,360
Median
$148,920
75th percentile
$168,750
A year, from 47 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $143,66716
Data EngineerSoftware Developers · median $144,2647
Senior Applied Machine Learning ScientistData Scientists · median $170,0004
Group Product ManagerComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $290,0002
Quality EngineerSoftware Developers · median $144,4212
Applied Machine Learning ScientistData Scientists · median $160,0001
Data Engineer IIIDatabase Architects · median $157,9761
Director, Applied Machine LearningArchitectural and Engineering Managers · median $280,0001
Infrastructure AdministratorNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $100,3941
Manager, Applied Machine LearningInformation Technology Project Managers · median $210,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.