78 certified · Median $168,198 a year · Chicago, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
57
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
$137,735
Median
$168,198
75th percentile
$191,000
A year, from 76 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $137,80815
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $182,30012
Site Reliability Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $149,7814
Data Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $162,0003
Data Scientist IIData Scientists · median $172,5003
Manager, EngineeringInformation Technology Project Managers · median $227,0003
Sr Data ScientistData Scientists · median $211,5003
Staff EngineerSoftware Developers · median $201,9543
Machine Learning Engineer IIData Scientists · median $191,0002
Senior Analyst, LogisticsStatisticians · median $109,5002
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.