177 certified · Median $121,507 a year · Germantown, MD
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
46
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
131
7
1
1
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
$105,858
Median
$121,507
75th percentile
$148,221
A year, from 177 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Principal Engineer I - SoftwareSoftware Developers · median $140,13512
Principal Engineer II - SoftwareSoftware Developers · median $151,9699
SMTS - SoftwareComputer Programmers · median $119,5486
Hardware Engineer, MTS 3Computer Hardware Engineers · median $105,1404
Principal Engineer IElectrical Engineers · median $154,0244
Principal Engineer I - Customer NetworksNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $123,3334
Engineer II - SystemsNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $98,8003
Senior Engineer - SystemsNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $119,1613
Software Engineer, SMTSSoftware Developers · median $113,7773
Sr. Programmer/Analyst IComputer Programmers · median $106,5753
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.